diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart
index 0b4abc8742..34fb0ec7cd 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart
@@ -257,10 +257,10 @@ class RenderEditable extends RenderBox with RelayoutWhenSystemFontsChangeMixin {
        _obscureText = obscureText,
        _readOnly = readOnly,
        _forceLine = forceLine,
-       _clipBehavior = clipBehavior {
+       _clipBehavior = clipBehavior,
+       _hasFocus = hasFocus ?? false {
     assert(_showCursor != null);
     assert(!_showCursor.value || cursorColor != null);
-    this.hasFocus = hasFocus ?? false;
 
     _selectionPainter.highlightColor = selectionColor;
     _selectionPainter.highlightedRange = selection;
@@ -2016,6 +2016,13 @@ class RenderEditable extends RenderBox with RelayoutWhenSystemFontsChangeMixin {
     if (_hasFocus == value)
       return;
     _hasFocus = value;
+    markNeedsSemanticsUpdate();
+
+    if (!attached) {
+      assert(!_listenerAttached);
+      return;
+    }
+
     if (_hasFocus) {
       assert(!_listenerAttached);
       // TODO(justinmc): This listener should be ported to Actions and removed.
@@ -2029,7 +2036,6 @@ class RenderEditable extends RenderBox with RelayoutWhenSystemFontsChangeMixin {
       RawKeyboard.instance.removeListener(_handleKeyEvent);
       _listenerAttached = false;
     }
-    markNeedsSemanticsUpdate();
   }
 
   /// Whether this rendering object will take a full line regardless the text width.
@@ -2614,8 +2620,11 @@ class RenderEditable extends RenderBox with RelayoutWhenSystemFontsChangeMixin {
     _offset.addListener(markNeedsPaint);
     _showHideCursor();
     _showCursor.addListener(_showHideCursor);
-    if (_listenerAttached)
+    assert(!_listenerAttached);
+    if (_hasFocus) {
       RawKeyboard.instance.addListener(_handleKeyEvent);
+      _listenerAttached = true;
+    }
   }
 
   @override
@@ -2626,8 +2635,10 @@ class RenderEditable extends RenderBox with RelayoutWhenSystemFontsChangeMixin {
     _showCursor.removeListener(_showHideCursor);
     // TODO(justinmc): This listener should be ported to Actions and removed.
     // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/75004
-    if (_listenerAttached)
+    if (_listenerAttached) {
       RawKeyboard.instance.removeListener(_handleKeyEvent);
+      _listenerAttached = false;
+    }
     super.detach();
     _foregroundRenderObject?.detach();
     _backgroundRenderObject?.detach();
diff --git a/packages/flutter/test/rendering/editable_test.dart b/packages/flutter/test/rendering/editable_test.dart
index afc0c8d254..3ea2f2c108 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/test/rendering/editable_test.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/test/rendering/editable_test.dart
@@ -1175,6 +1175,45 @@ void main() {
     expect(delegate.textEditingValue.text, 'W Sczebrzeszynie chrząszcz brzmi w trzcinie');
   }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/61021
 
+  test('RenderEditable registers and unregisters raw keyboard listener correctly', () async {
+    final TextSelectionDelegate delegate = FakeEditableTextState()
+      ..textEditingValue = const TextEditingValue(
+        text: 'how are you',
+        selection: TextSelection.collapsed(offset: 0),
+      );
+    final ViewportOffset viewportOffset = ViewportOffset.zero();
+    final RenderEditable editable = RenderEditable(
+      backgroundCursorColor: Colors.grey,
+      selectionColor: Colors.black,
+      textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
+      cursorColor: Colors.red,
+      offset: viewportOffset,
+      hasFocus: true,
+      textSelectionDelegate: delegate,
+      onSelectionChanged: (TextSelection selection, RenderEditable renderObject, SelectionChangedCause cause) {
+        renderObject.selection = selection;
+      },
+      startHandleLayerLink: LayerLink(),
+      endHandleLayerLink: LayerLink(),
+      text: const TextSpan(
+        text: 'how are you',
+        style: TextStyle(
+          height: 1.0, fontSize: 10.0, fontFamily: 'Ahem',
+        ),
+      ),
+      selection: const TextSelection.collapsed(
+        offset: 0,
+      ),
+    );
+
+    final PipelineOwner pipelineOwner = PipelineOwner();
+    editable.attach(pipelineOwner);
+
+    await simulateKeyDownEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.delete, platform: 'android');
+    await simulateKeyUpEvent(LogicalKeyboardKey.delete, platform: 'android');
+    expect(delegate.textEditingValue.text, 'ow are you');
+  }, skip: isBrowser); // https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/61021
+
   test('arrow keys with selection text', () async {
     const String text = '012345';
     final TextSelectionDelegate delegate = FakeEditableTextState()