diff --git a/app/containers/MessageBox/index.js b/app/containers/MessageBox/index.js
index 810988f61e3bdc09dd399007c9d0aae2f7fb5d38..9ebf458a7afb8411f79751cf94a42aa5925cbe94 100644
--- a/app/containers/MessageBox/index.js
+++ b/app/containers/MessageBox/index.js
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class MessageBox extends Component {
 		this.handleTyping(!isTextEmpty);
 		this.setInput(text);
 
-		if (this.component) {
+		if (!isTextEmpty) {
 			const { start, end } = this.component._lastNativeSelection;
 			const cursor = Math.max(start, end);
 			const lastNativeText = this.component._lastNativeText;