diff --git a/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js b/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js
index 26ad5ddf4..932815ef3 100644
--- a/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js
+++ b/native/chat/image-paste-modal.react.js
@@ -1,94 +1,97 @@
 // @flow
 
 import invariant from 'invariant';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Button, View, Image } from 'react-native';
 import filesystem from 'react-native-fs';
 
 import type { PhotoPaste } from 'lib/types/media-types';
 import type { ThreadInfo } from 'lib/types/thread-types';
 import sleep from 'lib/utils/sleep';
 
 import Modal from '../components/modal.react';
 import { InputStateContext } from '../input/input-state';
 import type { RootNavigationProp } from '../navigation/root-navigator.react';
 import type { NavigationRoute } from '../navigation/route-names';
 import { useStyles } from '../themes/colors';
 
 export type ImagePasteModalParams = {
   +imagePasteStagingInfo: PhotoPaste,
   +thread: ThreadInfo,
 };
 
 type Props = {
   +navigation: RootNavigationProp<'ImagePasteModal'>,
   +route: NavigationRoute<'ImagePasteModal'>,
 };
 function ImagePasteModal(props: Props): React.Node {
   const styles = useStyles(unboundStyles);
   const inputState = React.useContext(InputStateContext);
   const {
     navigation,
     route: {
       params: { imagePasteStagingInfo, thread: threadInfo },
     },
   } = props;
 
+  const [sendButtonDisabled, setSendButtonDisabled] = React.useState(false);
+
   const sendImage = React.useCallback(async () => {
+    setSendButtonDisabled(true);
     navigation.goBackOnce();
     const selection: $ReadOnlyArray<PhotoPaste> = [imagePasteStagingInfo];
     invariant(inputState, 'inputState should be set in ImagePasteModal');
     await inputState.sendMultimediaMessage(selection, threadInfo);
   }, [imagePasteStagingInfo, inputState, navigation, threadInfo]);
 
   const cancel = React.useCallback(async () => {
     navigation.goBackOnce();
     await sleep(5000);
     filesystem.unlink(imagePasteStagingInfo.uri);
   }, [imagePasteStagingInfo.uri, navigation]);
 
   return (
     <Modal modalStyle={styles.modal} safeAreaEdges={['top']}>
       <Image style={styles.image} source={{ uri: imagePasteStagingInfo.uri }} />
       <View style={styles.linebreak} />
       <View style={styles.spacer} />
-      <Button title="Send" onPress={sendImage} />
+      <Button disabled={sendButtonDisabled} title="Send" onPress={sendImage} />
       <View style={styles.linebreak} />
       <View style={styles.spacer} />
       <Button title="Cancel" onPress={cancel} />
       <View style={styles.spacer} />
     </Modal>
   );
 }
 
 const unboundStyles = {
   modal: {
     marginHorizontal: 0,
     marginTop: 300,
     marginBottom: 0,
     borderTopLeftRadius: 10,
     borderTopRightRadius: 10,
     borderRadius: 0,
   },
   image: {
     resizeMode: 'contain',
     flex: 1,
     justifyContent: 'center',
     marginBottom: 15,
     marginHorizontal: 15,
     marginTop: 20,
   },
   linebreak: {
     borderBottomColor: 'gray',
     alignSelf: 'stretch',
     margin: 0,
     borderBottomWidth: 0.25,
     paddingBottom: 10,
     padding: 5,
   },
   spacer: {
     padding: 5,
   },
 };
 
 export default ImagePasteModal;