diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
index 95a2d91d2f2ff..ffea24cffbf2a 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/rich-text/index.native.js
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ const RichTextContainer = compose( [
 		return {
 			clientId: context.clientId,
 			isSelected: context.isSelected,
-			onFocus: context.onFocus,
+			onFocus: context.onFocus || ownProps.onFocus,
 		};
 	} ),
 ] )( RichText );