diff --git a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
index 56f71ec6..ef77f3d7 100755
--- a/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
+++ b/src/plugins/plugin_xep_0277.py
@@ -178,7 +178,11 @@ class XEP_0277(object):
                 if data_elt.uri != NS_XHTML:
                     raise failure.Failure(exceptions.DataError(_('Content of type XHTML must declare its namespace!')))
                 key = check_conflict(u'{}_xhtml'.format(elem.name))
-                data = data_elt.toXml()
+
+                # This is needed to avoid a successive encapsulation with a new <div>...</div>
+                # each time the item is modified (encapsulation is done in self.data2entry).
+                data = xml_tools.decapsulateDomishContent(data_elt)
+
                 microblog_data[key] = yield self.host.plugins["TEXT-SYNTAXES"].clean_xhtml(data)
                 microblog_data[key] = xml_tools.expandNewLinesToXHTML(microblog_data[key])
             else:
diff --git a/src/tools/xml_tools.py b/src/tools/xml_tools.py
index dfbb71f4..ac2bf35c 100644
--- a/src/tools/xml_tools.py
+++ b/src/tools/xml_tools.py
@@ -1361,3 +1361,17 @@ def expandNewLinesToXHTML(text):
     """
     # if present, replace <br> (HTML), <br > and <br/> at end of line with <br /> (XHTML)
     return re.sub(r"<br[ ]?/?>\n", "\n", text).replace("\n", "<br />\n")
+
+
+def decapsulateDomishContent(elt):
+    """Return the inner content of a domish.Element.
+
+    @return unicode
+    """
+    result = ''
+    for child in elt.children:
+        try:
+            result += child.toXml()  # child id a domish.Element
+        except AttributeError:
+            result += child  # child is unicode
+    return result