diff -u b/core/modules/quickedit/js/views/EditorView.js b/core/modules/quickedit/js/views/EditorView.js
--- b/core/modules/quickedit/js/views/EditorView.js
+++ b/core/modules/quickedit/js/views/EditorView.js
@@ -280,10 +280,8 @@
       var $errors = $('<div class="quickedit-validation-errors"></div>')
         .append(this.model.get('validationErrors'));
       this.getEditedElement()
-        .addClass('quickedit-validation-error');
-
-      $('.quickedit-toolbar-content')
-        .append($errors);
+        .addClass('quickedit-validation-error')
+        .after($errors);
     },
 
     /**
@@ -299,7 +297,8 @@
     removeValidationErrors: function () {
       this.getEditedElement()
         .removeClass('quickedit-validation-error')
-        .next('.quickedit-validation-errors')
+
+      $('.quickedit-validation-errors')
         .remove();
     }