diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/linkpicker/linkpicker.html b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/linkpicker/linkpicker.html
index 3e40c79b7d..70a4ccb8b2 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/linkpicker/linkpicker.html
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/common/overlays/linkpicker/linkpicker.html
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
             placeholder="@general_url"
             class="umb-editor umb-textstring"
             ng-model="model.target.url"
-            ng-disabled="model.target.id"/>
+            ng-disabled="model.target.id"
+            focus-when="{{true}} "/>
     </umb-control-group>
 
     <umb-control-group label="@content_nodeName">