diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m
index 69b885409..0cbc03645 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m
@@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MessagesRangeSizeMode) {
 
     [self createScrollButtons];
     [self createHeaderViews];
+    [self createBackButton];
     [self addNotificationListeners];
 }
 
@@ -964,13 +965,13 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MessagesRangeSizeMode) {
 - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
 {
     [super viewDidAppear:animated];
-    [self dismissKeyBoard];
-    [self startReadTimer];
 
+    [ProfileFetcherJob runWithThread:self.thread networkManager:self.networkManager];
+    [self markVisibleMessagesAsRead];
+    [self startReadTimer];
+    [self updateNavigationBarSubtitleLabel];
     [self updateBackButtonUnreadCount];
 
-    [self.inputToolbar endEditing:YES];
-
     if (_composeOnOpen && !self.inputToolbar.hidden) {
         [self popKeyBoard];
         _composeOnOpen = NO;
@@ -979,11 +980,10 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MessagesRangeSizeMode) {
         [self callAction];
         _callOnOpen = NO;
     }
-    [self updateNavigationBarSubtitleLabel];
-    [ProfileFetcherJob runWithThread:self.thread networkManager:self.networkManager];
-
-    [self markVisibleMessagesAsRead];
 
+    if (!self.viewHasEverAppeared) {
+        [self.inputToolbar endEditing:YES];
+    }
     self.viewHasEverAppeared = YES;
 }
 
@@ -1099,8 +1099,7 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MessagesRangeSizeMode) {
     return 16;
 }
 
-- (void)setBarButtonItemsForDisappearingMessagesConfiguration:
-    (OWSDisappearingMessagesConfiguration *)disappearingMessagesConfiguration
+- (void)createBackButton
 {
     UIBarButtonItem *backItem = [self createOWSBackButton];
     // This method gets called multiple times, so it's important we re-layout the unread badge
@@ -1126,7 +1125,11 @@ typedef NS_ENUM(NSInteger, MessagesRangeSizeMode) {
     [self updateBackButtonUnreadCount];
 
     self.navigationItem.leftBarButtonItem = backItem;
+}
 
+- (void)setBarButtonItemsForDisappearingMessagesConfiguration:
+    (OWSDisappearingMessagesConfiguration *)disappearingMessagesConfiguration
+{
     // We want to leave space for the "back" button, the "timer" button, and the "call"
     // button, and all of the whitespace around these views.  There
     // isn't a convenient way to calculate these in a navigation bar, so we just leave