diff --git a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/NavigationBarWidget.java b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/NavigationBarWidget.java
index f55d48be6..4fd36e260 100644
--- a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/NavigationBarWidget.java
+++ b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/NavigationBarWidget.java
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ public void attachToWindow(@NonNull WindowWidget aWindow) {
             }
         }
 
+        clearFocus();
+
         mSessionStack = aWindow.getSessionStack();
         if (mSessionStack != null) {
             mURLBar.setSessionStack(mSessionStack);