Index: /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js
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--- /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js	(revision 5275)
+++ /CKEditor/trunk/_source/core/dom/range.js	(revision 5276)
@@ -1716,4 +1716,8 @@
 			var isEditable;
 
+			// Empty elements are rejected.
+			if ( CKEDITOR.dtd.$empty[ el.getName() ] )
+				return false;
+
 			while ( el && el.type == CKEDITOR.NODE_ELEMENT )
 			{