diff --git a/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor.dart b/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor.dart
index 7cfb9103..002c62b1 100644
--- a/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor.dart
+++ b/lib/src/widgets/raw_editor.dart
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ class RawEditorState extends EditorState
 
     var _doc = widget.controller.document;
     if (_doc.isEmpty() &&
-        !widget.focusNode.hasFocus &&
         widget.placeholder != null) {
       _doc = Document.fromJson(jsonDecode(
           '[{"attributes":{"placeholder":true},"insert":"${widget.placeholder}\\n"}]'));