--- a/browser/base/content/browser.js
+++ b/browser/base/content/browser.js
@@ -2201,17 +2201,21 @@ function BrowserGoHome(aEvent) {
       gBrowser &&
       gBrowser.selectedTab.pinned)
     where = "tab";
 
   // openTrustedLinkIn in utilityOverlay.js doesn't handle loading multiple pages
   switch (where) {
   case "current":
     loadOneOrMoreURIs(homePage, Services.scriptSecurityManager.getSystemPrincipal());
-    gBrowser.selectedBrowser.focus();
+    if (isBlankPageURL(homePage)) {
+      focusAndSelectUrlBar();
+    } else {
+      gBrowser.selectedBrowser.focus();
+    }
     notifyObservers = true;
     break;
   case "tabshifted":
   case "tab":
     urls = homePage.split("|");
     var loadInBackground = getBoolPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground", false);
     // The homepage observer event should only be triggered when the homepage opens
     // in the foreground. This is mostly to support the homepage changed by extension