diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
index 12fcb5f3bf..d0f379b78a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
@@ -753,15 +753,24 @@ void CFrame::OnRenderWindowSizeRequest(int width, int height)
 
 bool CFrame::RendererHasFocus()
 {
-	// RendererHasFocus should return true any time any one of our
-	// windows has the focus, including any dialogs or other windows.
-	//
-	// wxGetActiveWindow() returns the current wxWindow which has
-	// focus. If it's not one of our windows, then it will return
-	// null.
-
-	wxWindow *focusWindow = wxGetActiveWindow();
-	return (focusWindow != nullptr);
+	if (m_RenderParent == nullptr)
+		return false;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	if (m_RenderParent->GetParent()->GetHWND() == GetForegroundWindow())
+		return true;
+#else
+	wxWindow *window = wxWindow::FindFocus();
+	if (window == nullptr)
+		return false;
+	// Why these different cases?
+	if (m_RenderParent == window ||
+	    m_RenderParent == window->GetParent() ||
+	    m_RenderParent->GetParent() == window->GetParent())
+	{
+		return true;
+	}
+#endif
+	return false;
 }
 
 void CFrame::OnGameListCtrl_ItemActivated(wxListEvent& WXUNUSED (event))