diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ConversationFragment.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ConversationFragment.java
index e5d66821c5c5f98c0f8e2af8cde0dc43b9302c98..ab81bb1087fea5cd0e8b1dfae4e7628a9962a611 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ConversationFragment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/ui/ConversationFragment.java
@@ -920,8 +920,8 @@ public class ConversationFragment extends XmppFragment
                 while (body.length() > 0 && Character.isWhitespace(body.charAt(0))) body.delete(0, 1);
             }
             if (conversation.getReplyTo() != null) {
-                if (Emoticons.isEmoji(body.toString())) {
-                    message = conversation.getReplyTo().react(body.toString());
+                if (Emoticons.isEmoji(body.toString().replaceAll("\\s", ""))) {
+                    message = conversation.getReplyTo().react(body.toString().replaceAll("\\s", ""));
                 } else {
                     message = conversation.getReplyTo().reply();
                     message.appendBody(body);