diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_emoji.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_emoji.tsx
index 9111bb3368..ff591fe3d9 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_emoji.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_emoji.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import type { FC } from 'react';
 
-import { useCustomEmojis } from '@/mastodon/hooks/useCustomEmojis';
-
 import { Emoji } from './emoji';
 
 interface LegacyEmoji {
@@ -12,11 +10,10 @@ interface LegacyEmoji {
 }
 
 export const AutosuggestEmoji: FC<{ emoji: LegacyEmoji }> = ({ emoji }) => {
-  const emojis = useCustomEmojis();
   const colons = `:${emoji.id}:`;
   return (
     <div className='autosuggest-emoji'>
-      <Emoji code={emoji.native ?? colons} customEmoji={emojis} />
+      <Emoji code={emoji.native ?? colons} />
       <div className='autosuggest-emoji__name'>{colons}</div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_input.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_input.jsx
index 445ec601cf..4a3b7d9040 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_input.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_input.jsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import AutosuggestAccountContainer from '../features/compose/containers/autosugg
 
 import { AutosuggestEmoji } from './autosuggest_emoji';
 import { AutosuggestHashtag } from './autosuggest_hashtag';
+import { LocalCustomEmojiProvider } from './emoji/context';
 
 const textAtCursorMatchesToken = (str, caretPosition, searchTokens) => {
   let word;
@@ -219,15 +220,17 @@ export default class AutosuggestInput extends ImmutablePureComponent {
           spellCheck={spellCheck}
         />
 
-        <Overlay show={!(suggestionsHidden || suggestions.isEmpty())} offset={[0, 0]} placement='bottom' target={this.input} popperConfig={{ strategy: 'fixed' }}>
-          {({ props }) => (
-            <div {...props}>
-              <div className='autosuggest-textarea__suggestions' style={{ width: this.input?.clientWidth }}>
-                {suggestions.map(this.renderSuggestion)}
+        <LocalCustomEmojiProvider>
+          <Overlay show={!(suggestionsHidden || suggestions.isEmpty())} offset={[0, 0]} placement='bottom' target={this.input} popperConfig={{ strategy: 'fixed' }}>
+            {({ props }) => (
+              <div {...props}>
+                <div className='autosuggest-textarea__suggestions' style={{ width: this.input?.clientWidth }}>
+                  {suggestions.map(this.renderSuggestion)}
+                </div>
               </div>
-            </div>
-          )}
-        </Overlay>
+            )}
+          </Overlay>
+        </LocalCustomEmojiProvider>
       </div>
     );
   }
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
index 9b01d300a3..fb99f62a73 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/autosuggest_textarea.jsx
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import AutosuggestAccountContainer from '../features/compose/containers/autosugg
 
 import { AutosuggestEmoji } from './autosuggest_emoji';
 import { AutosuggestHashtag } from './autosuggest_hashtag';
+import { LocalCustomEmojiProvider } from './emoji/context';
 
 const textAtCursorMatchesToken = (str, caretPosition) => {
   let word;
@@ -218,15 +219,17 @@ const AutosuggestTextarea = forwardRef(({
         lang={lang}
       />
 
-      <Overlay show={!(suggestionsHidden || suggestions.isEmpty())} offset={[0, 0]} placement='bottom' target={textareaRef} popperConfig={{ strategy: 'fixed' }}>
-        {({ props }) => (
-          <div {...props}>
-            <div className='autosuggest-textarea__suggestions' style={{ width: textareaRef.current?.clientWidth }}>
-              {suggestions.map(renderSuggestion)}
+      <LocalCustomEmojiProvider>
+        <Overlay show={!(suggestionsHidden || suggestions.isEmpty())} offset={[0, 0]} placement='bottom' target={textareaRef} popperConfig={{ strategy: 'fixed' }}>
+          {({ props }) => (
+            <div {...props}>
+              <div className='autosuggest-textarea__suggestions' style={{ width: textareaRef.current?.clientWidth }}>
+                {suggestions.map(renderSuggestion)}
+              </div>
             </div>
-          </div>
-        )}
-      </Overlay>
+          )}
+        </Overlay>
+      </LocalCustomEmojiProvider>
     </div>
   );
 });
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/context.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/context.tsx
index ceed1d1ff6..b4a364df87 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/context.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/context.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-import type { MouseEventHandler, PropsWithChildren } from 'react';
+import type {
+  FC,
+  MouseEventHandler,
+  PropsWithChildren,
+  ReactNode,
+} from 'react';
 import {
   createContext,
   useCallback,
@@ -8,6 +13,7 @@ import {
 } from 'react';
 
 import { cleanExtraEmojis } from '@/mastodon/features/emoji/normalize';
+import { useCustomEmojis } from '@/mastodon/hooks/useCustomEmojis';
 import { autoPlayGif } from '@/mastodon/initial_state';
 import { polymorphicForwardRef } from '@/types/polymorphic';
 import type {
@@ -103,3 +109,10 @@ export const CustomEmojiProvider = ({
     </CustomEmojiContext.Provider>
   );
 };
+
+export const LocalCustomEmojiProvider: FC<{ children: ReactNode }> = ({
+  children,
+}) => {
+  const emojis = useCustomEmojis();
+  return <CustomEmojiProvider emojis={emojis}>{children}</CustomEmojiProvider>;
+};
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/index.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/index.tsx
index 3989b595d7..9b917df6ea 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/index.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/emoji/index.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   stringToEmojiState,
   tokenizeText,
 } from '@/mastodon/features/emoji/render';
-import type { ExtraCustomEmojiMap } from '@/mastodon/features/emoji/types';
 
 import { AnimateEmojiContext, CustomEmojiContext } from './context';
 
@@ -27,19 +26,14 @@ interface EmojiProps {
   code: string;
   showFallback?: boolean;
   showLoading?: boolean;
-  customEmoji?: ExtraCustomEmojiMap | null;
 }
 
 export const Emoji: FC<EmojiProps> = ({
   code,
   showFallback = true,
   showLoading = true,
-  customEmoji: customEmojiOverride,
 }) => {
-  let customEmoji = useContext(CustomEmojiContext);
-  if (customEmojiOverride) {
-    customEmoji = customEmojiOverride;
-  }
+  const customEmoji = useContext(CustomEmojiContext);
 
   // First, set the emoji state based on the input code.
   const [state, setState] = useState(() =>
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/hooks/useCustomEmojis.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/hooks/useCustomEmojis.ts
index 4bac1cef2e..aeb77620dd 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/hooks/useCustomEmojis.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/hooks/useCustomEmojis.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 
 import type { ExtraCustomEmojiMap } from '../features/emoji/types';
+import { emojiLogger } from '../features/emoji/utils';
 
 let emojis: ExtraCustomEmojiMap | null = null;
 
+const log = emojiLogger('useCustomEmojis');
+
 export function useCustomEmojis() {
   const [, setLoaded] = useState(emojis !== null);
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -21,6 +24,7 @@ async function loadEmojisIntoCache() {
   const { loadAllCustomEmoji } = await import('../features/emoji/database');
   const emojisRaw = await loadAllCustomEmoji();
   if (emojisRaw === null) {
+    log('Custom emojis not loaded yet');
     return;
   }
 
@@ -32,4 +36,5 @@ async function loadEmojisIntoCache() {
       static_url: emoji.static_url,
     };
   }
+  log('Loaded %d custom emojis into cache', Object.keys(emojis).length);
 }