diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/home/messagecomposer/state/MessageCompositionHolder.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/home/messagecomposer/state/MessageCompositionHolder.kt
index b7e22716c3..9c0b29b89f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/home/messagecomposer/state/MessageCompositionHolder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wire/android/ui/home/messagecomposer/state/MessageCompositionHolder.kt
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ class MessageCompositionHolder(
             it.copy(
                 quotedMessageId = null,
                 quotedMessage = null,
-                editMessageId = null
+                editMessageId = null,
+                selectedMentions = emptyList()
             )
         }
         onSaveDraft(messageComposition.value.toDraft(String.EMPTY))