diff --git a/reviewboard/static/rb/js/reviews.js b/reviewboard/static/rb/js/reviews.js
index 9a81fdbba4f85ee8f782416dfcf7f430c65e95e3..4ce6a198b678a86aeb7be1ec3196b0099c3d5cc4 100644
--- a/reviewboard/static/rb/js/reviews.js
+++ b/reviewboard/static/rb/js/reviews.js
@@ -1377,6 +1377,7 @@ $.reviewForm = function(review) {
                 .inlineEditor({
                     cls: cls + "-editor",
                     extraHeight: 50,
+                    focusOnOpen: false,
                     forceOpen: true,
                     multiline: true,
                     notifyUnchangedCompletion: true,
@@ -1478,6 +1479,7 @@ $.fn.reviewFormCommentEditor = function(comment) {
     return this
         .inlineEditor({
             extraHeight: 50,
+            focusOnOpen: false,
             forceOpen: true,
             multiline: true,
             notifyUnchangedCompletion: true,