diff --git a/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js b/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
index 4e32f9128c..27dd296e5f 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
+++ b/view/theme/frio/js/theme.js
@@ -275,6 +275,30 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 
 	});
 
+	/*
+	 * This event handler hides all comment UI when the user clicks anywhere on the page
+	 * It ensures that we aren't closing the current comment box
+	 *
+	 * We are making an exception for buttons because of a race condition with the
+	 * comment opening button that results in an already closed comment UI.
+	 */
+	$(document).on('click', function(event) {
+		if (event.target.type === 'button') {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		var $dontclosethis = $(event.target).closest('.wall-item-comment-wrapper').find('.comment-edit-form');
+		$('.wall-item-comment-wrapper .comment-edit-submit-wrapper:visible').each(function() {
+			var $parent = $(this).parent('.comment-edit-form');
+			var itemId = $parent.data('itemId');
+
+			if ($dontclosethis[0] != $parent[0]) {
+				var textarea = $parent.find('textarea').get(0)
+
+				commentCloseUI(textarea, itemId);
+			}
+		});
+	});
 
 });
 
diff --git a/view/theme/frio/templates/comment_item.tpl b/view/theme/frio/templates/comment_item.tpl
index 8ce7805bbd..168576b3d4 100644
--- a/view/theme/frio/templates/comment_item.tpl
+++ b/view/theme/frio/templates/comment_item.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 {{else}}
 <div class="comment-wwedit-wrapper" id="comment-edit-wrapper-{{$id}}" style="display: block;">
 {{/if}}
-	<form class="comment-edit-form" style="display: block;" id="comment-edit-form-{{$id}}" action="item" method="post" onsubmit="post_comment({{$id}}); return false;">
+	<form class="comment-edit-form" style="display: block;" data-item-id="{{$id}}" id="comment-edit-form-{{$id}}" action="item" method="post" onsubmit="post_comment({{$id}}); return false;">
 		<input type="hidden" name="type" value="{{$type}}" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="profile_uid" value="{{$profile_uid}}" />
 		<input type="hidden" name="parent" value="{{$parent}}" />
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<input type="hidden" name="post_id_random" value="{{$rand_num}}" />
 
 		<div class="bb form-group">
-			<textarea id="comment-edit-text-{{$id}}" class="comment-edit-text-empty form-control text-autosize" name="body" placeholder="{{$comment}}" onFocus="commentOpenUI(this,{{$id}});" onBlur="commentCloseUI(this,{{$id}});"></textarea>
+			<textarea id="comment-edit-text-{{$id}}" class="comment-edit-text-empty form-control text-autosize" name="body" placeholder="{{$comment}}" onFocus="commentOpenUI(this,{{$id}});"></textarea>
 		</div>
 		{{if $qcomment}}
 			<select id="qcomment-select-{{$id}}" name="qcomment-{{$id}}" class="qcomment" onchange="qCommentInsert(this,{{$id}});">