diff --git a/Riot/Modules/Room/RoomViewController.m b/Riot/Modules/Room/RoomViewController.m
index 8778b6a88c..20d24daa96 100644
--- a/Riot/Modules/Room/RoomViewController.m
+++ b/Riot/Modules/Room/RoomViewController.m
@@ -3687,9 +3687,10 @@ - (void)showAdditionalActionsMenuForEvent:(MXEvent*)selectedEvent inCell:(id<MXK
                 MXStrongifyAndReturnIfNil(self);
                 
                 [self cancelEventSelection];
-                
+
                 // Quote the message a la Markdown into the input toolbar composer
-                self.inputToolbarView.textMessage = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@\n>%@\n\n", self.inputToolbarView.textMessage, selectedComponent.textMessage];
+                NSString *prefix = [self.inputToolbarView.textMessage length] ? [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@\n", self.inputToolbarView.textMessage] : @"";
+                self.inputToolbarView.textMessage = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@>%@\n\n", prefix, selectedComponent.textMessage];
                 
                 // And display the keyboard
                 [self.inputToolbarView becomeFirstResponder];
diff --git a/Riot/Modules/Room/Views/InputToolbar/RoomInputToolbarView.m b/Riot/Modules/Room/Views/InputToolbar/RoomInputToolbarView.m
index 0259645e70..106fa3bb3a 100644
--- a/Riot/Modules/Room/Views/InputToolbar/RoomInputToolbarView.m
+++ b/Riot/Modules/Room/Views/InputToolbar/RoomInputToolbarView.m
@@ -159,10 +159,7 @@ -(void)customizeViewRendering
 
 - (void)setTextMessage:(NSString *)textMessage
 {
-    if (!textMessage)
-    {
-        [self setAttributedTextMessage:nil];
-    }
+    [self setAttributedTextMessage:textMessage ? [[NSAttributedString alloc] initWithString:textMessage] : nil];
 }
 
 - (void)setAttributedTextMessage:(NSAttributedString *)attributedTextMessage
diff --git a/changelog.d/pr-6328.bugfix b/changelog.d/pr-6328.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4528c9d90a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/pr-6328.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make quoting context menu action work again