diff --git a/lib/gitlab/quick_actions/merge_request_actions.rb b/lib/gitlab/quick_actions/merge_request_actions.rb
index c9aa047310a3c8ca135d3efa0ed2eb98cb0042d7..eeda543519d0a34bf4996d7711d77f91a22ea96d 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/quick_actions/merge_request_actions.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/quick_actions/merge_request_actions.rb
@@ -254,11 +254,23 @@ module MergeRequestActions
           quick_action_target.persisted? && quick_action_target.eligible_for_approval_by?(current_user) && !quick_action_target.merged?
         end
         command :approve do
+          @execution_message[:approve] = []
+
+          if quick_action_target.draft_notes.authored_by(current_user).any?
+            result = DraftNotes::PublishService.new(quick_action_target, current_user).execute
+
+            @execution_message[:approve] = if result[:status] == :success
+                                             [_('Submitted the current review.')]
+                                           else
+                                             [result[:message]]
+                                           end
+          end
+
           success = ::MergeRequests::ApprovalService.new(project: quick_action_target.project, current_user: current_user).execute(quick_action_target)
 
           next unless success
 
-          @execution_message[:approve] = _('Approved the current merge request.')
+          @execution_message[:approve] << _('Approved the current merge request.')
         end
 
         ########################################################################
diff --git a/spec/services/quick_actions/interpret_service_spec.rb b/spec/services/quick_actions/interpret_service_spec.rb
index 5fbb5a064cfd29e4af56b9d18a87bee84ac78834..0607025b9d32380df7f6766a986c0ee37b873355 100644
--- a/spec/services/quick_actions/interpret_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/quick_actions/interpret_service_spec.rb
@@ -3299,6 +3299,25 @@
         expect(merge_request.approved_by_users).to eq([developer])
       end
 
+      context 'when user has review comments' do
+        it 'submits the users current review' do
+          draft_note = create(:draft_note, merge_request: merge_request, author: developer)
+
+          _, _, message = service.execute(content, merge_request)
+
+          expect { draft_note.reload }.to raise_error(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound)
+          expect(merge_request.approved_by_users).to eq([developer])
+          expect(message).to eq("Submitted the current review. Approved the current merge request.")
+        end
+
+        it 'does not submit review if there is no draft notes' do
+          _, _, message = service.execute(content, merge_request)
+
+          expect(merge_request.approved_by_users).to eq([developer])
+          expect(message).to eq("Approved the current merge request.")
+        end
+      end
+
       context "when the user can't approve" do
         before do
           project.team.truncate