diff --git a/core/dom/range.js b/core/dom/range.js
index 81ec9e529e0..74555eccb25 100644
--- a/core/dom/range.js
+++ b/core/dom/range.js
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ CKEDITOR.dom.range = function( root ) {
 
 		range.optimizeBookmark();
 
+		var isDelete = action === 0;
 		var isExtract = action == 1;
 		var isClone = action == 2;
 		var doClone = isClone || isExtract;
@@ -387,6 +388,11 @@ CKEDITOR.dom.range = function( root ) {
 		function consume( node, newParent, toStart, forceClone ) {
 			var nextSibling = toStart ? node.getPrevious() : node.getNext();
 
+			// We do not clone if we are only deleting, so do nothing.
+			if ( forceClone && isDelete ) {
+				return nextSibling;
+			}
+
 			// If cloning, just clone it.
 			if ( isClone || forceClone ) {
 				newParent.append( node.clone( true ), toStart );
diff --git a/tests/core/dom/range/clonecontents.js b/tests/core/dom/range/clonecontents.js
index bf1a8a35819..9f56b37e96b 100644
--- a/tests/core/dom/range/clonecontents.js
+++ b/tests/core/dom/range/clonecontents.js
@@ -475,6 +475,21 @@
 			var clone = range.cloneContents();
 
 			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<h1></h1><p>foo</p><h2></h2>', clone.getHtml() );
+		},
+
+		'test cloneContents - empty container, non-empty container': function() {
+			var root = doc.createElement( 'div' ),
+				range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
+
+			root.setHtml( '<h1></h1><h2><br /></h2>' );
+			doc.getBody().append( root );
+
+			range.setStart( root.findOne( 'h1' ), 0 ); // <h1>[</h1>
+			range.setEnd( root.findOne( 'h2' ), 0 ); // <h2>]<br /></h2>
+
+			var clone = range.cloneContents();
+
+			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<h1></h1><h2></h2>', clone.getHtml() );
 		}
 	} );
 } )();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/core/dom/range/deletecontents.js b/tests/core/dom/range/deletecontents.js
index a6c0a3e1a2a..dd79a71143f 100644
--- a/tests/core/dom/range/deletecontents.js
+++ b/tests/core/dom/range/deletecontents.js
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
 			assert.isTrue( range.collapsed, 'range.collapsed' );
 		},
 
-		'test extractContents - mergeThen': function() {
+		'test deleteContents - mergeThen': function() {
 			var root = doc.createElement( 'div' ),
 				range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
 
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<p><b>f[]r</b></p>', bender.tools.range.getWithHtml( root, range ) );
 		},
 
-		'test extractContents - mergeThen (nothing to merge)': function() {
+		'test deleteContents - mergeThen (nothing to merge)': function() {
 			var root = doc.createElement( 'div' ),
 				range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
 
@@ -174,6 +174,36 @@
 			range.deleteContents( true );
 
 			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<p><b>f</b>[]<u>r</u></p>', bender.tools.range.getWithHtml( root, range ) );
+		},
+
+		'test deleteContents - empty containers': function() {
+			var root = doc.createElement( 'div' ),
+				range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
+
+			root.setHtml( 'x<h1></h1><p>foo</p><h2></h2>y' );
+			doc.getBody().append( root );
+
+			range.setStart( root.findOne( 'h1' ), 0 ); // <h1>[</h1>
+			range.setEnd( root.findOne( 'h2' ), 0 ); // <h2>]</h2>
+
+			range.deleteContents();
+
+			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( 'x<h1></h1>[]<h2></h2>y', bender.tools.range.getWithHtml( root, range ) );
+		},
+
+		'test deleteContents - empty container, non-empty container': function() {
+			var root = doc.createElement( 'div' ),
+				range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
+
+			root.setHtml( '<h1></h1><h2><br /></h2>' );
+			doc.getBody().append( root );
+
+			range.setStart( root.findOne( 'h1' ), 0 ); // <h1>[</h1>
+			range.setEnd( root.findOne( 'h2' ), 0 ); // <h2>]<br /></h2>
+
+			range.deleteContents();
+
+			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<h1></h1>[]<h2><br /></h2>', bender.tools.range.getWithHtml( root, range ) );
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/tests/core/dom/range/extractcontents.js b/tests/core/dom/range/extractcontents.js
index fa92e7bb225..686eb421b79 100644
--- a/tests/core/dom/range/extractcontents.js
+++ b/tests/core/dom/range/extractcontents.js
@@ -329,6 +329,22 @@
 			// We would lost empty inline elements so we add "*".
 			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<b>*</b><p>foo</p><b>*</b>', clone.getHtml().replace( /<b><\/b>/g, '<b>*</b>' ) );
 			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( 'x<b>[]a</b>y', bender.tools.range.getWithHtml( root, range ).replace( /<b><\/b>/g, '<b>*</b>' ) );
+		},
+
+		'test extractContents - empty container, non-empty container': function() {
+			var root = doc.createElement( 'div' ),
+				range = new CKEDITOR.dom.range( doc );
+
+			root.setHtml( '<h1></h1><h2><br /></h2>' );
+			doc.getBody().append( root );
+
+			range.setStart( root.findOne( 'h1' ), 0 ); // <h1>[</h1>
+			range.setEnd( root.findOne( 'h2' ), 0 ); // <h2>]<br /></h2>
+
+			var clone = range.extractContents();
+
+			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<h1></h1><h2></h2>', clone.getHtml() );
+			assert.isInnerHtmlMatching( '<h1></h1>[]<h2><br /></h2>', bender.tools.range.getWithHtml( root, range ) );
 		}
 	};