diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/openxml/HTMLToOpenXMLHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/openxml/HTMLToOpenXMLHandler.java
index 663daf84ae44158abfdfbfb948d66cc79aabce2c..f797311a649a30166ca417d4a63a56ea6356850e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/openxml/HTMLToOpenXMLHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/core/util/openxml/HTMLToOpenXMLHandler.java
@@ -538,7 +538,7 @@ public class HTMLToOpenXMLHandler extends DefaultHandler {
 			closeParagraph();
 			currentListParagraph = null;
 		} else if("li".equals(tag)) {
-			//do nothing
+			closeParagraph();// close the paragraph but let the list
 		} else if("blockquote".equals(tag)) {
 			popStyle(tag);
 		} else if("div".equals(tag)) {