diff --git a/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.tsx b/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.tsx
index ac1ec9ee242..ac3ac11aec6 100644
--- a/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/CodeEditor.tsx
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ export const CodeEditor = ({
)}
ref={ref}
>
- {(isUploadEnabled || emptyState) && !value ? (
+ {isUploadEnabled || emptyState ? (
event.stopPropagation() // Prevents clicking TextArea from opening file dialog
diff --git a/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/__test__/__snapshots__/CodeEditor.test.tsx.snap b/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/__test__/__snapshots__/CodeEditor.test.tsx.snap
index 80f02fa90b6..7401f59a595 100644
--- a/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/__test__/__snapshots__/CodeEditor.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/react-code-editor/src/components/CodeEditor/__test__/__snapshots__/CodeEditor.test.tsx.snap
@@ -6,124 +6,130 @@ exports[`Matches snapshot with control buttons enabled 1`] = `
class="pf-v6-c-code-editor"
>
-
-