diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 07bec5f95..ff3d55259 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 - Minor: Improve appearance of reply button. (#5491)
 - Minor: Introduce HTTP API for plugins. (#5383, #5492, #5494)
 - Minor: Support more Firefox variants for incognito link opening. (#5503)
-- Minor: Replying to a message will now display the message being replied to. (#4350, #5519)
+- Minor: Replying to a message will now display the message being replied to. (#4350, #5519, #5586)
 - Minor: Links can now have prefixes and suffixes such as parentheses. (#5486, #5515)
 - Minor: Added support for scrolling in splits with touchscreen panning gestures. (#5524)
 - Minor: Removed experimental IRC support. (#5547)
diff --git a/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp b/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp
index b45928a82..3158e4c06 100644
--- a/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/splits/SplitInput.cpp
@@ -1223,7 +1223,10 @@ void SplitInput::clearInput()
     this->currMsg_ = "";
     this->ui_.textEdit->setText("");
     this->ui_.textEdit->moveCursor(QTextCursor::Start);
-    this->clearReplyTarget();
+    if (this->enableInlineReplying_)
+    {
+        this->clearReplyTarget();
+    }
 }
 
 void SplitInput::clearReplyTarget()