diff --git a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
--- a/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/chat-input-bar.react.js
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@
   activeThreadSelector,
 } from '../navigation/nav-selectors.js';
 import { NavContext } from '../navigation/navigation-context.js';
+import { OverlayContext } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
+import type { OverlayContextType } from '../navigation/overlay-context.js';
 import {
   type NavigationRoute,
   ChatCameraModalRouteName,
@@ -171,6 +173,7 @@
   ) => Promise<SendEditMessageResponse>,
   +navigation: ?ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
   +isFocused?: boolean,
+  +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
 };
 type State = {
   +text: string,
@@ -1253,6 +1256,7 @@
     getDefaultTextMessageRules().simpleMarkdownRules,
   );
   const editMessage = useEditMessage();
+  const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
 
   return (
     <ChatInputBar
@@ -1279,6 +1283,7 @@
       editedMessageInfo={editedMessageInfo}
       editMessage={editMessage}
       navigation={props.navigation}
+      overlayContext={overlayContext}
     />
   );
 }
diff --git a/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js b/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js
--- a/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js
+++ b/native/navigation/overlay-navigator.react.js
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import type { OverlayRouterExtraNavigationHelpers } from './overlay-router.js';
 import { scrollBlockingModals, TabNavigatorRouteName } from './route-names.js';
 import { isMessageTooltipKey } from '../chat/utils.js';
+import { InputStateContext } from '../input/input-state.js';
 
 export type OverlayNavigationHelpers<ParamList: ParamListBase = ParamListBase> =
   {
@@ -155,8 +156,17 @@
       }
       return status;
     };
-    const [scrollBlockingModalStatus, setScrollBlockingModalStatus] =
+    const [rawScrollBlockingModalStatus, setScrollBlockingModalStatus] =
       React.useState(() => getScrollBlockingModalStatus(scenes));
+
+    const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
+    const scrollBlockingModalStatus = React.useMemo(() => {
+      if (inputState?.editState.editedMessage !== null) {
+        return 'closed';
+      }
+      return rawScrollBlockingModalStatus;
+    }, [inputState?.editState, rawScrollBlockingModalStatus]);
+
     const sceneDataForNewScene = scene => ({
       ...scene,
       context: {