--- a/browser/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.js
@@ -2209,16 +2209,17 @@ function BrowserGoHome(aEvent) {
       gBrowser &&
       gBrowser.selectedTab.pinned)
     where = "tab";
 
   // openUILinkIn in utilityOverlay.js doesn't handle loading multiple pages
   switch (where) {
   case "current":
     loadOneOrMoreURIs(homePage, Services.scriptSecurityManager.getSystemPrincipal());
+    gBrowser.selectedBrowser.focus();
     break;
   case "tabshifted":
   case "tab":
     urls = homePage.split("|");
     var loadInBackground = getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", false);
     gBrowser.loadTabs(urls, {
       inBackground: loadInBackground,
       triggeringPrincipal: Services.scriptSecurityManager.getSystemPrincipal(),