diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
index 96cdcc5adad3dc6d9e30237678b1c2839b6049b5..e8942821e51a2a7c0f973744900658f6ca6011bf 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/browser/parts/views/views.ts
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ export class ViewsService extends Disposable implements IViewsService {
 		if (viewDescriptor) {
 			const viewletDescriptor = this.viewletService.getViewlet(viewDescriptor.container.id);
 			if (viewletDescriptor) {
-				return this.viewletService.openViewlet(viewletDescriptor.id)
+				return this.viewletService.openViewlet(viewletDescriptor.id, focus)
 					.then((viewlet: IViewsViewlet) => {
 						if (viewlet && viewlet.openView) {
 							return viewlet.openView(id, focus);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/parts/scm/electron-browser/scmViewlet.ts b/src/vs/workbench/parts/scm/electron-browser/scmViewlet.ts
index ac45d0ec1ffd9ca1cc1ed7ff8687deb0f209a9f1..0f0de4f8102a7f9496031f1ccb9186f6314abf2c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/parts/scm/electron-browser/scmViewlet.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/parts/scm/electron-browser/scmViewlet.ts
@@ -1487,7 +1487,9 @@ export class SCMViewlet extends PanelViewlet implements IViewModel, IViewsViewle
 		}
 		panel = this.panels.filter(panel => panel instanceof ViewletPanel && panel.id === id)[0];
 		panel.setExpanded(true);
-		panel.focus();
+		if (focus) {
+			panel.focus();
+		}
 		return TPromise.as(panel);
 	}