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,
@@ -170,6 +172,7 @@
     text: string,
   ) => Promise<SendEditMessageResponse>,
   +navigation: ?ChatNavigationProp<'MessageList'>,
+  +overlayContext: ?OverlayContextType,
 };
 type State = {
   +text: string,
@@ -901,8 +904,12 @@
       this.unblockNavigation();
       navigation.dispatch(action);
     };
+    const onContinueEditing = () => {
+      this.props.overlayContext?.resetScrollBlockingModalStatus();
+    };
     exitEditAlert({
       onDiscard: unblockAndDispatch,
+      onContinueEditing,
     });
     return 'ignore_action';
   };
@@ -1197,6 +1204,7 @@
   const navContext = React.useContext(NavContext);
   const keyboardState = React.useContext(KeyboardContext);
   const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
+  const overlayContext = React.useContext(OverlayContext);
 
   const viewerID = useSelector(
     state => state.currentUserInfo && state.currentUserInfo.id,
@@ -1276,6 +1284,7 @@
       editedMessageInfo={editedMessageInfo}
       editMessage={editMessage}
       navigation={props.navigation}
+      overlayContext={overlayContext}
     />
   );
 }
diff --git a/native/navigation/overlay-context.js b/native/navigation/overlay-context.js
--- a/native/navigation/overlay-context.js
+++ b/native/navigation/overlay-context.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
   }>,
   +scrollBlockingModalStatus: ScrollBlockingModalStatus,
   +setScrollBlockingModalStatus: ScrollBlockingModalStatus => void,
+  +resetScrollBlockingModalStatus: () => void,
 };
 const OverlayContext: React.Context<?OverlayContextType> =
   React.createContext(null);
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
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 } from '@react-navigation/native';
 import { TransitionPresets } from '@react-navigation/stack';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
+import _values from 'lodash/values.js';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { View, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 import Animated, { EasingNode } from 'react-native-reanimated';
@@ -157,6 +158,13 @@
     };
     const [scrollBlockingModalStatus, setScrollBlockingModalStatus] =
       React.useState(() => getScrollBlockingModalStatus(scenes));
+
+    const resetScrollBlockingModalStatus = React.useCallback(() => {
+      setScrollBlockingModalStatus(
+        getScrollBlockingModalStatus(_values(prevSceneDataRef.current)),
+      );
+    }, []);
+
     const sceneDataForNewScene = scene => ({
       ...scene,
       context: {
@@ -164,6 +172,7 @@
         visibleOverlays,
         scrollBlockingModalStatus,
         setScrollBlockingModalStatus,
+        resetScrollBlockingModalStatus,
       },
       ordering: {
         ...scene.ordering,