diff --git a/popup/popup.js b/popup/popup.js
index 0ab1ccf1..bea9498d 100644
--- a/popup/popup.js
+++ b/popup/popup.js
@@ -304,7 +304,14 @@ function createStyleElement({
   if (check) detectSloppyRegexps([style]);
 
   const oldElement = $(ENTRY_ID_PREFIX + style.id);
-  if (oldElement) {
+  if (oldElement && oldElement.contains(document.activeElement)) {
+    // preserve the focused element inside
+    const {className} = document.activeElement;
+    oldElement.parentNode.replaceChild(entry, oldElement);
+    // we're not using $() since className may contain multiple tokens
+    const el = entry.getElementsByClassName(className)[0];
+    if (el) el.focus();
+  } else if (oldElement) {
     oldElement.parentNode.replaceChild(entry, oldElement);
   } else {
     container.appendChild(entry);