diff --git a/src/CONST.ts b/src/CONST.ts
index 4a0b3e2b18e4..37f3b0e9ec15 100755
--- a/src/CONST.ts
+++ b/src/CONST.ts
@@ -2395,6 +2395,7 @@ const CONST = {
         HAS_COLON_ONLY_AT_THE_BEGINNING: /^:[^:]+$/,
         HAS_AT_MOST_TWO_AT_SIGNS: /^@[^@]*@?[^@]*$/,
 
+        EMPTY_COMMENT: /^(\s)*$/,
         SPECIAL_CHAR: /[,/?"{}[\]()&^%;`$=#<>!*]/g,
 
         FIRST_SPACE: /.+?(?=\s)/,
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ComposerWithSuggestions/ComposerWithSuggestions.tsx b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ComposerWithSuggestions/ComposerWithSuggestions.tsx
index 085aa2f7db9a..21521396f347 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ComposerWithSuggestions/ComposerWithSuggestions.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ComposerWithSuggestions/ComposerWithSuggestions.tsx
@@ -481,24 +481,16 @@ function ComposerWithSuggestions(
             }
 
             // Trigger the edit box for last sent message if ArrowUp is pressed and the comment is empty and Chronos is not in the participants
-            const valueLength = valueRef.current.length;
-            if (
-                'key' in event &&
-                event.key === CONST.KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS.ARROW_UP.shortcutKey &&
-                textInputRef.current &&
-                'selectionStart' in textInputRef.current &&
-                textInputRef.current?.selectionStart === 0 &&
-                valueLength === 0 &&
-                !includeChronos
-            ) {
-                event.preventDefault();
+            const isEmptyComment = !valueRef.current || !!valueRef.current.match(CONST.REGEX.EMPTY_COMMENT);
+            if (webEvent.key === CONST.KEYBOARD_SHORTCUTS.ARROW_UP.shortcutKey && selection.start <= 0 && isEmptyComment && !includeChronos) {
+                webEvent.preventDefault();
                 if (lastReportAction) {
                     const message = Array.isArray(lastReportAction?.message) ? lastReportAction?.message?.at(-1) ?? null : lastReportAction?.message ?? null;
                     Report.saveReportActionDraft(reportID, lastReportAction, Parser.htmlToMarkdown(message?.html ?? ''));
                 }
             }
         },
-        [shouldUseNarrowLayout, isKeyboardShown, suggestionsRef, includeChronos, handleSendMessage, lastReportAction, reportID],
+        [shouldUseNarrowLayout, isKeyboardShown, suggestionsRef, selection.start, includeChronos, handleSendMessage, lastReportAction, reportID],
     );
 
     const onChangeText = useCallback(
diff --git a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ReportActionCompose.tsx b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ReportActionCompose.tsx
index 72e89c8de013..fd194040c1e6 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ReportActionCompose.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/home/report/ReportActionCompose/ReportActionCompose.tsx
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ function ReportActionCompose({
 
     const [isCommentEmpty, setIsCommentEmpty] = useState(() => {
         const draftComment = getDraftComment(reportID);
-        return !draftComment || !!draftComment.match(/^(\s)*$/);
+        return !draftComment || !!draftComment.match(CONST.REGEX.EMPTY_COMMENT);
     });
 
     /**