diff --git a/src/libs/focusWithDelay/focusWithDelay.js b/src/libs/focusWithDelay/focusWithDelay.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..143d5dd12430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/focusWithDelay/focusWithDelay.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import {InteractionManager} from 'react-native';
+
+/**
+ * Creates a function that can be used to focus a text input
+ * @param {Boolean} disableDelay whether to force focus without a delay (on web and desktop)
+ * @returns {Function} a focusWithDelay function
+ */
+function focusWithDelay(disableDelay = false) {
+    /**
+     * Create a function that focuses a text input.
+     * @param {Object} textInput the text input to focus
+     * @returns {Function} a function that focuses the text input with a configurable delay
+     */
+    return (textInput) =>
+        /**
+         * Focus the text input
+         * @param {Boolean} [shouldDelay=false] Impose delay before focusing the text input
+         */
+        (shouldDelay = false) => {
+            // There could be other animations running while we trigger manual focus.
+            // This prevents focus from making those animations janky.
+            InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => {
+                if (!textInput) {
+                    return;
+                }
+
+                if (disableDelay || !shouldDelay) {
+                    textInput.focus();
+                } else {
+                    // Keyboard is not opened after Emoji Picker is closed
+                    // SetTimeout is used as a workaround
+                    // https://github.com/react-native-modal/react-native-modal/issues/114
+                    // We carefully choose a delay. 100ms is found enough for keyboard to open.
+                    setTimeout(() => textInput.focus(), 100);
+                }
+            });
+        };
+}
+
+export default focusWithDelay;
diff --git a/src/libs/focusWithDelay/index.js b/src/libs/focusWithDelay/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..faeb43147c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/focusWithDelay/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import focusWithDelay from './focusWithDelay';
+
+/**
+ * We pass true to disable the delay on the web because it doesn't require
+ * using the workaround (explained in the focusWithDelay.js file).
+ */
+export default focusWithDelay(true);
diff --git a/src/libs/focusWithDelay/index.native.js b/src/libs/focusWithDelay/index.native.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27fb19fe1570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libs/focusWithDelay/index.native.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import focusWithDelay from './focusWithDelay';
+
+/**
+ * We enable the delay on native to display the keyboard correctly
+ */
+export default focusWithDelay(false);
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js
index 907eba01e641..90887ea01285 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import React, {useCallback, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState} from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
-import {View, InteractionManager, LayoutAnimation, NativeModules, findNodeHandle} from 'react-native';
+import {View, LayoutAnimation, NativeModules, findNodeHandle} from 'react-native';
 import {runOnJS} from 'react-native-reanimated';
 import {Gesture, GestureDetector} from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import _ from 'underscore';
 import lodashGet from 'lodash/get';
 import {withOnyx} from 'react-native-onyx';
+import focusWithDelay from '../../../libs/focusWithDelay';
 import styles from '../../../styles/styles';
 import themeColors from '../../../styles/themes/default';
 import Composer from '../../../components/Composer';
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js
index 54c5fec4533e..cb03d12b4caf 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionItemMessageEdit.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import useKeyboardState from '../../../hooks/useKeyboardState';
 import useWindowDimensions from '../../../hooks/useWindowDimensions';
 import useReportScrollManager from '../../../hooks/useReportScrollManager';
 import * as EmojiPickerAction from '../../../libs/actions/EmojiPickerAction';
+import focusWithDelay from '../../../libs/focusWithDelay';
 
 const propTypes = {
     /** All the data of the action */
@@ -271,6 +272,11 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageEdit(props) {
         [deleteDraft, isKeyboardShown, isSmallScreenWidth, publishDraft],
     );
 
+    /**
+     * Focus the composer text input
+     */
+    const focus = focusWithDelay(textInputRef.current);
+
     return (
         <>
             <View style={[styles.chatItemMessage, styles.flexRow]}>
@@ -346,7 +352,10 @@ function ReportActionItemMessageEdit(props) {
                     <View style={styles.editChatItemEmojiWrapper}>
                         <EmojiPickerButton
                             isDisabled={props.shouldDisableEmojiPicker}
-                            onModalHide={() => InteractionManager.runAfterInteractions(() => textInputRef.current.focus())}
+                            onModalHide={() => {
+                                setIsFocused(true);
+                                focus(true);
+                            }}
                             onEmojiSelected={addEmojiToTextBox}
                             nativeID={emojiButtonID}
                             reportAction={props.action}