diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/notebookCellList.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/notebookCellList.ts
index 52a85ed40c266bf8554fff2f7e17bb6c76448015..0820f6f2e5673c5cdc3181aa3a38aa4b94c2fdd3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/notebookCellList.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/notebookCellList.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ export class NotebookCellList extends WorkbenchList<CellViewModel> implements ID
 				}
 			});
 			this._previousFocusedElements = e.elements;
+
+			if (document.activeElement && document.activeElement.classList.contains('webview')) {
+				super.domFocus();
+			}
 		}));
 
 		const notebookEditorCursorAtBoundaryContext = NOTEBOOK_EDITOR_CURSOR_BOUNDARY.bindTo(contextKeyService);