diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/view/domconverter.js b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/view/domconverter.js
index 8abeb1d6cf6..ce2ec97f1e9 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/view/domconverter.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-engine/src/view/domconverter.js
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default class DomConverter {
 		 * @readonly
 		 * @member {Array.<String>} module:engine/view/domconverter~DomConverter#blockElements
 		 */
-		this.blockElements = [ 'p', 'div', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'li', 'dd', 'dt', 'figcaption' ];
+		this.blockElements = [ 'p', 'div', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6', 'li', 'dd', 'dt', 'figcaption', 'td', 'th' ];
 
 		/**
 		 * Block {@link module:engine/view/filler filler} creator, which is used to create all block fillers during the
diff --git a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js
index e7eac1472f4..63598d21b44 100644
--- a/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js
+++ b/packages/ckeditor5-table/tests/tableclipboard-paste.js
@@ -3553,6 +3553,32 @@ describe( 'table clipboard', () => {
 				[ '02', '21', '22' ]
 			] ) );
 		} );
+
+		it( 'removes block fillers from empty cells (both td and th)', async () => {
+			await createEditor();
+
+			setModelData( model, modelTable( [
+				[ '00', '01', '02' ],
+				[ '01', '11', '12' ],
+				[ '02', '21', '22' ]
+			] ) );
+
+			tableSelection.setCellSelection(
+				modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 0, 0 ] ),
+				modelRoot.getNodeByPath( [ 0, 1, 1 ] )
+			);
+
+			pasteTable( [
+				[ '&nbsp;', '&nbsp;' ],
+				[ '&nbsp;', '&nbsp;' ]
+			], { headingRows: 1 } );
+
+			assertEqualMarkup( getModelData( model, { withoutSelection: true } ), modelTable( [
+				[ '', '', '02' ],
+				[ '', '', '12' ],
+				[ '02', '21', '22' ]
+			] ) );
+		} );
 	} );
 
 	async function createEditor( extraPlugins = [] ) {
@@ -3566,13 +3592,13 @@ describe( 'table clipboard', () => {
 		tableSelection = editor.plugins.get( 'TableSelection' );
 	}
 
-	function pasteTable( tableData ) {
+	function pasteTable( tableData, attributes = {} ) {
 		const data = {
 			dataTransfer: createDataTransfer(),
 			preventDefault: sinon.spy(),
 			stopPropagation: sinon.spy()
 		};
-		data.dataTransfer.setData( 'text/html', viewTable( tableData ) );
+		data.dataTransfer.setData( 'text/html', viewTable( tableData, attributes ) );
 		viewDocument.fire( 'paste', data );
 
 		return data;