diff --git a/libraries/helpers/src/utils/strip.html.validation.ts b/libraries/helpers/src/utils/strip.html.validation.ts
index 1880c08b..f78eb2f3 100644
--- a/libraries/helpers/src/utils/strip.html.validation.ts
+++ b/libraries/helpers/src/utils/strip.html.validation.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ export const stripHtmlValidation = (
   value: string,
   replaceBold = false
 ): string => {
+  if (value.indexOf("<p>") === -1) {
+    return value;
+  }
+
   const html = (value || '')
     .replace(/&nbsp;/gi, ' ')
     .replace(/^<p[^>]*>/i, '')