diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputToolbar.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputToolbar.m
index 139785cdb..8423b5add 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputToolbar.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationInputToolbar.m
@@ -222,17 +222,11 @@ const CGFloat kMaxTextViewHeight = 98;
     // Momentarily switch to a non-default keyboard, else reloadInputViews
     // will not affect the displayed keyboard. In practice this isn't perceptable to the user.
     // The alternative would be to dismiss-and-pop the keyboard, but that can cause a more pronounced animation.
-    //
-    // This is surprisingly expensive (~5ms), so we do it async, *after* the message is rendered.
-    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
-        [BenchManager benchWithTitle:@"toggleDefaultKeyboard" block:^{
-            self.inputTextView.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation;
-            [self.inputTextView reloadInputViews];
-
-            self.inputTextView.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
-            [self.inputTextView reloadInputViews];
-        }];
-    });
+    self.inputTextView.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeNumbersAndPunctuation;
+    [self.inputTextView reloadInputViews];
+
+    self.inputTextView.keyboardType = UIKeyboardTypeDefault;
+    [self.inputTextView reloadInputViews];
 }
 
 - (void)setQuotedReply:(nullable OWSQuotedReplyModel *)quotedReply
diff --git a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m
index 32e8d56ca..1b6346221 100644
--- a/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m
+++ b/Signal/src/ViewControllers/ConversationView/ConversationViewController.m
@@ -3898,10 +3898,21 @@ typedef enum : NSUInteger {
 
     [self messageWasSent:message];
 
-    if (updateKeyboardState) {
-        [self.inputToolbar toggleDefaultKeyboard];
-    }
-    [self.inputToolbar clearTextMessageAnimated:YES];
+
+    dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
+        [BenchManager benchWithTitle:@"toggleDefaultKeyboard"
+                               block:^{
+                                   if (updateKeyboardState) {
+                                       [self.inputToolbar toggleDefaultKeyboard];
+                                   }
+                               }];
+
+        [BenchManager benchWithTitle:@"clearTextMessageAnimated"
+                               block:^{
+                                   [self.inputToolbar clearTextMessageAnimated:YES];
+                               }];
+    });
+
     [self clearDraft];
     if (didAddToProfileWhitelist) {
         [self.conversationViewModel ensureDynamicInteractions];
diff --git a/SignalMessaging/utils/Bench.swift b/SignalMessaging/utils/Bench.swift
index 580ebb33b..cf79debb5 100644
--- a/SignalMessaging/utils/Bench.swift
+++ b/SignalMessaging/utils/Bench.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ public func BenchAsync(title: String, block: (@escaping () -> Void) -> Void) {
 
     block {
         let timeElapsed = CFAbsoluteTimeGetCurrent() - startTime
-        Logger.debug("[Bench] title: \(title), duration: \(timeElapsed)")
+        let formattedTime = String(format: "%0.2fms", timeElapsed * 1000)
+        Logger.debug("[Bench] title: \(title), duration: \(formattedTime)")
     }
 }