diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
index 708272591..29c691144 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/reducers/compose.js
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ export default function compose(state = initialState, action) {
       map.set('focusDate', new Date());
       map.set('caretPosition', null);
       map.set('idempotencyKey', uuid());
+      map.set('sensitive', action.status.get('sensitive'));
 
       if (action.status.get('spoiler_text').length > 0) {
         map.set('spoiler', true);