diff --git a/apps/sms/js/compose.js b/apps/sms/js/compose.js
index 53abc71f7..6c636358b 100644
--- a/apps/sms/js/compose.js
+++ b/apps/sms/js/compose.js
@@ -409,13 +409,15 @@ var Compose = (function() {
             if (element.text) {
               this.append(element.text);
             }
-          }, Compose);
-        });
+          }, this);
+          this.ignoreEvents = false;
+          this.focus();
+        }.bind(this));
+        this.ignoreEvents = true;
       } else {
         this.append(message.body);
+        this.focus();
       }
-
-      this.focus();
     },
 
     getText: function() {
@@ -708,5 +710,11 @@ var Compose = (function() {
     }
   });
 
+  Object.defineProperty(compose, 'ignoreEvents', {
+    set: function composeIgnoreEvents(value) {
+      dom.message.classList.toggle('ignoreEvents', value);
+    }
+  });
+
   return compose;
 }());
diff --git a/apps/sms/style/sms.css b/apps/sms/style/sms.css
index 54aa5a1a5..7c2121ed9 100644
--- a/apps/sms/style/sms.css
+++ b/apps/sms/style/sms.css
@@ -715,6 +715,10 @@ form.bottom[role="search"].messages-compose-form {
   font-size: 1.8rem;
 }
 
+#messages-input.ignoreEvents {
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
 #messages-input.placeholder:after,
 #messages-subject-input::-moz-placeholder {
   color: #888;
diff --git a/apps/sms/test/unit/compose_test.js b/apps/sms/test/unit/compose_test.js
index 0d9983431..7000ce759 100644
--- a/apps/sms/test/unit/compose_test.js
+++ b/apps/sms/test/unit/compose_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* global MocksHelper, MockAttachment, MockL10n, loadBodyHTML,
          Compose, Attachment, MockMozActivity, Settings, Utils,
          AttachmentMenu, Draft, document, XMLHttpRequest, Blob, navigator,
-         setTimeout, ThreadUI */
+         setTimeout, ThreadUI, SMIL */
 
 /*jshint strict:false */
 /*jslint node: true */
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ requireApp('sms/test/unit/mock_settings.js');
 requireApp('sms/test/unit/mock_utils.js');
 requireApp('sms/test/unit/mock_moz_activity.js');
 requireApp('sms/test/unit/mock_thread_ui.js');
+require('/test/unit/mock_smil.js');
 
 var mocksHelperForCompose = new MocksHelper([
   'AttachmentMenu',
@@ -30,7 +31,8 @@ var mocksHelperForCompose = new MocksHelper([
   'Utils',
   'MozActivity',
   'Attachment',
-  'ThreadUI'
+  'ThreadUI',
+  'SMIL'
 ]).init();
 
 suite('compose_test.js', function() {
@@ -714,6 +716,34 @@ suite('compose_test.js', function() {
         assert.equal(message.getAttribute('x-inputmode'), '-moz-sms');
       });
     });
+
+    suite('Compose fromMessage', function() {
+      setup(function() {
+        this.sinon.spy(Compose, 'append');
+        this.sinon.spy(HTMLElement.prototype, 'focus');
+        this.sinon.stub(SMIL, 'parse');
+      });
+      test('from sms', function() {
+        Compose.fromMessage({type: 'sms', body: 'test'});
+        sinon.assert.called(Compose.append);
+        sinon.assert.called(message.focus);
+      });
+
+      test('from mms', function() {
+        var testString = ['test\nstring 1\nin slide 1',
+                          'test\nstring 2\nin slide 2'];
+        Compose.fromMessage({type: 'mms'});
+
+        // Should not be focused before parse complete.
+        sinon.assert.notCalled(message.focus);
+        assert.isTrue(message.classList.contains('ignoreEvents'));
+        SMIL.parse.yield([{text: testString[0]}, {text: testString[1]}]);
+
+        sinon.assert.calledWith(Compose.append);
+        sinon.assert.called(message.focus);
+        assert.isFalse(message.classList.contains('ignoreEvents'));
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   suite('Attachment pre-send menu', function() {