diff --git a/htdocs/core/tpl/admin_freetext.tpl.php b/htdocs/core/tpl/admin_freetext.tpl.php
index d3b61ebf776..37d014be7d9 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/tpl/admin_freetext.tpl.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/tpl/admin_freetext.tpl.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if (! empty($conf->global->MAIN_MULTILANGS) )
 	}
 }
 
-if (empty($conf->global->PDF_ALLOW_HTML_FOR_FREE_TEXT))
+if (empty($conf->fckeditor->enabled) || empty($conf->global->PDF_ALLOW_HTML_FOR_FREE_TEXT))
 {
     print '<textarea name="freetext" class="flat" cols="120">'.$conf->global->$freetextconfvar.'</textarea>';
 }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if (! empty($conf->global->MAIN_MULTILANGS) )
 		$('#freetextlang').change(function()
 		{
 			<?php
-				if (empty($conf->global->PDF_ALLOW_HTML_FOR_FREE_TEXT))
+				if (empty($conf->fckeditor->enabled) || empty($conf->global->PDF_ALLOW_HTML_FOR_FREE_TEXT))
 				{
 				?>
 					$('textarea[name=freetext]').val(freetext[$(this).val()]);