diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ComposeFragment.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ComposeFragment.java
index 7aaa337ab..8322d042d 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ComposeFragment.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/fragments/ComposeFragment.java
@@ -1012,8 +1012,26 @@ public class ComposeFragment extends MastodonToolbarFragment implements OnBackPr
 		return new String[]{"image/jpeg", "image/gif", "image/png", "video/mp4"};
 	}
 
+	private String sanitizeMediaDescription(String description){
+		if(description == null){
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		// The Gboard android keyboard attaches this text whenever the user
+		// pastes something from the keyboard's suggestion bar.
+		// Due to different end user locales, the exact text may vary, but at
+		// least in version 13.4.08, all of the translations contained the
+		// string "Gboard".
+		if (description.contains("Gboard")){
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return description;
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public boolean onAddMediaAttachmentFromEditText(Uri uri, String description){
+		description = sanitizeMediaDescription(description);
 		return mediaViewController.addMediaAttachment(uri, description);
 	}
 
diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/viewcontrollers/ComposeMediaViewController.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/viewcontrollers/ComposeMediaViewController.java
index 95ab1f3a2..94170fd62 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/viewcontrollers/ComposeMediaViewController.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/ui/viewcontrollers/ComposeMediaViewController.java
@@ -126,25 +126,7 @@ public class ComposeMediaViewController{
 		}
 	}
 
-	private String sanitizeMediaDescription(String description){
-		if(description == null){
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		// The Gboard android keyboard attaches this text whenever the user
-		// pastes something from the keyboard's suggestion bar.
-		// Due to different end user locales, the exact text may vary, but at
-		// least in version 13.4.08, all of the translations contained the
-		// string "Gboard".
-		if (description.contains("Gboard")){
-			return null;
-		}
-
-		return description;
-	}
-	
 	public boolean addMediaAttachment(Uri uri, String description){
-		description = sanitizeMediaDescription(description);
 		if(getMediaAttachmentsCount()==MAX_ATTACHMENTS){
 			showMediaAttachmentError(fragment.getResources().getQuantityString(R.plurals.cant_add_more_than_x_attachments, MAX_ATTACHMENTS, MAX_ATTACHMENTS));
 			return false;