diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
index 89709c796c0..8f0bd168ad1 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer.tsx
@@ -554,8 +554,6 @@ export default class BasicMessageEditor extends React.Component<IProps, IState>
                     autoComplete.onEscape(event);
                     handled = true;
                     break;
-                default:
-                    return; // don't preventDefault on anything else
             }
         } else if (autocompleteAction === KeyBindingAction.ForceCompleteAutocomplete && !this.state.showVisualBell) {
             // there is no current autocomplete window, try to open it
diff --git a/test/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer-test.tsx b/test/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer-test.tsx
index 0d5faa35504..4215ce6e643 100644
--- a/test/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/rooms/BasicMessageComposer-test.tsx
@@ -82,6 +82,18 @@ describe("BasicMessageComposer", () => {
             expect(transformedText).toBe(after + " ");
         }
     });
+
+    it("should not mangle shift-enter when the autocomplete is open", async () => {
+        const model = new EditorModel([], pc, renderer);
+        render(<BasicMessageComposer model={model} room={room} />);
+
+        const input = screen.getByRole("textbox");
+
+        await userEvent.type(input, "/plain foobar");
+        await userEvent.type(input, "{Shift>}{Enter}{/Shift}");
+        const transformedText = model.parts.map((part) => part.text).join("");
+        expect(transformedText).toBe("/plain foobar\n");
+    });
 });
 
 function generateMockDataTransferForString(string: string): DataTransfer {