diff --git a/app/screens/settings/notification_settings_auto_responder/notification_settings_auto_responder.js b/app/screens/settings/notification_settings_auto_responder/notification_settings_auto_responder.js
index 9609bd855..f9ecde3a2 100644
--- a/app/screens/settings/notification_settings_auto_responder/notification_settings_auto_responder.js
+++ b/app/screens/settings/notification_settings_auto_responder/notification_settings_auto_responder.js
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ export default class NotificationSettingsAutoResponder extends PureComponent {
         const {intl} = this.context;
         const notifyProps = getNotificationProps(currentUser);
 
+        this.autoresponderRef = React.createRef();
+
         const autoResponderDefault = intl.formatMessage({
             id: 'mobile.notification_settings.auto_responder.default_message',
             defaultMessage: 'Hello, I am out of office and unable to respond to messages.',
@@ -65,6 +67,16 @@ export default class NotificationSettingsAutoResponder extends PureComponent {
         this.saveUserNotifyProps();
     }
 
+    componentDidMount() {
+        setTimeout(() => {
+            requestAnimationFrame(() => {
+                if (this.autoresponderRef.current) {
+                    this.autoresponderRef.current.focus();
+                }
+            });
+        }, 500);
+    }
+
     saveUserNotifyProps = () => {
         this.props.onBack({
             ...this.state,
@@ -126,8 +138,7 @@ export default class NotificationSettingsAutoResponder extends PureComponent {
                         >
                             <View style={style.inputContainer}>
                                 <TextInputWithLocalizedPlaceholder
-                                    autoFocus={true}
-                                    ref={this.keywordsRef}
+                                    ref={this.autoresponderRef}
                                     value={autoResponderMessage}
                                     blurOnSubmit={false}
                                     onChangeText={this.onAutoResponseChangeText}