diff --git a/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx b/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx
index 653b78a84bd83..8be8329b3d602 100755
--- a/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Composer/implementation/index.tsx
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ function Composer({
     ref,
     ...props
 }: ComposerProps) {
-    const textContainsOnlyEmojis = useMemo(() => containsOnlyEmojis(Parser.htmlToText(Parser.replace(value ?? ''))), [value]);
+    const textContainsOnlyEmojis = useMemo(() => {
+        if (!value) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return containsOnlyEmojis(Parser.htmlToText(Parser.replace(value)));
+    }, [value]);
+
     const theme = useTheme();
     const styles = useThemeStyles();
     const session = useSession();
diff --git a/src/libs/EmojiUtils.tsx b/src/libs/EmojiUtils.tsx
index 8c17bd8279b0e..daa7f099cb3d0 100644
--- a/src/libs/EmojiUtils.tsx
+++ b/src/libs/EmojiUtils.tsx
@@ -220,6 +220,10 @@ function isFirstLetterEmoji(message: string): boolean {
  * Validates that this message contains only emojis
  */
 function containsOnlyEmojis(message: string): boolean {
+    if (!message) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const trimmedMessage = Str.replaceAll(message.replaceAll(' ', ''), '\n', '');
     const match = trimmedMessage.match(CONST.REGEX.ALL_EMOJIS);