diff --git a/internal/app/pull_review.go b/internal/app/pull_review.go
index 7ce6049e..d9bcb4b2 100644
--- a/internal/app/pull_review.go
+++ b/internal/app/pull_review.go
@@ -218,7 +218,19 @@ func (a *application) reviewCreateCommand(use, short string) *cobra.Command {
 		if body = draft.Body; needsBody && strings.TrimSpace(body) == "" {
 			return missingBody
 		}
-		item, err := (services.Reviews{Client: t.client, Repository: t.Repo}).Create(cmd.Context(), n, services.ReviewOptions{Event: state, Body: body, Commit: commit, Comments: comments})
+		service := services.Reviews{Client: t.client, Repository: t.Repo}
+		if strings.TrimSpace(body) == "" && !explicit && !useEditor {
+			// Gitea adds a new review to the caller's oldest pending review and replaces its body,
+			// so keep the pending body when none was given, as tea pr review submit does.
+			pending, err := service.Pending(cmd.Context(), n, t.login())
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if len(pending) > 0 {
+				body = pending[0].Body
+			}
+		}
+		item, err := service.Create(cmd.Context(), n, services.ReviewOptions{Event: state, Body: body, Commit: commit, Comments: comments})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/internal/app/pull_review_test.go b/internal/app/pull_review_test.go
index 9375cf95..03728135 100644
--- a/internal/app/pull_review_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/pull_review_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ func TestReviewTypeFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(strings.Join(tc.args, " "), func(t *testing.T) {
 			var payload map[string]any
 			server := newAuthenticatedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+				if r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/repos/alice/x/pulls/13/reviews" {
+					_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[]`))
+					return
+				}
 				if r.Method == http.MethodGet {
 					require.Equal(t, "/api/v1/repos/alice/x/pulls/13", r.URL.Path)
 					_, _ = w.Write([]byte(pullJSON("bob")))
@@ -119,6 +123,10 @@ func TestReviewTypeFlags(t *testing.T) {
 func TestReviewCreateIsTheReviewCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	var event any
 	server := newAuthenticatedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/api/v1/repos/alice/x/pulls/13/reviews" {
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`[]`))
+			return
+		}
 		if r.Method == http.MethodGet {
 			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(pullJSON("bob")))
 			return