diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmViewPane.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmViewPane.ts
index df056df39217bc5d74280af9112d1d719412e75d..0925d7059e90a64543da744c943e0a077a27edf0 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmViewPane.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmViewPane.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ import { Command } from 'vs/editor/common/modes';
 import { renderCodicons } from 'vs/base/common/codicons';
 import { ToolBar } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/toolbar/toolbar';
 import { AnchorAlignment } from 'vs/base/browser/ui/contextview/contextview';
+import { domEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/event';
+import { StandardKeyboardEvent } from 'vs/base/browser/keyboardEvent';
 
 type TreeElement = ISCMRepository | ISCMInput | ISCMResourceGroup | IResourceNode<ISCMResource, ISCMResourceGroup> | ISCMResource;
 
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ class InputRenderer implements ICompressibleTreeRenderer<ISCMInput, FuzzyScore,
 	constructor(
 		private outerLayout: ISCMLayout,
 		private updateHeight: (input: ISCMInput, height: number) => void,
+		private focusTree: () => void,
 		@IInstantiationService private instantiationService: IInstantiationService,
 	) { }
 
@@ -279,10 +282,16 @@ class InputRenderer implements ICompressibleTreeRenderer<ISCMInput, FuzzyScore,
 		// hack
 		addClass(container.parentElement!.parentElement!.querySelector('.monaco-tl-twistie')! as HTMLElement, 'force-no-twistie');
 
+		const disposables = new DisposableStore();
 		const inputElement = append(container, $('.scm-input'));
 		const inputWidget = this.instantiationService.createInstance(SCMInputWidget, inputElement);
+		disposables.add(inputWidget);
+
+		const onKeyDown = Event.map(domEvent(container, 'keydown'), e => new StandardKeyboardEvent(e));
+		const onEscape = Event.filter(onKeyDown, e => e.keyCode === KeyCode.Escape);
+		disposables.add(onEscape(this.focusTree));
 
-		return { inputWidget, disposable: Disposable.None, templateDisposable: inputWidget };
+		return { inputWidget, disposable: Disposable.None, templateDisposable: disposables };
 	}
 
 	renderElement(node: ITreeNode<ISCMInput, FuzzyScore>, index: number, templateData: InputTemplate): void {
@@ -1541,7 +1550,7 @@ export class SCMViewPane extends ViewPane {
 
 		this._register(repositories.onDidSplice(() => this.updateActions()));
 
-		this.inputRenderer = this.instantiationService.createInstance(InputRenderer, this.layoutCache, (input, height) => this.tree.updateElementHeight(input, height));
+		this.inputRenderer = this.instantiationService.createInstance(InputRenderer, this.layoutCache, (input, height) => this.tree.updateElementHeight(input, height), () => this.tree.domFocus());
 		const delegate = new ProviderListDelegate(this.inputRenderer);
 
 		const actionViewItemProvider = (action: IAction) => this.getActionViewItem(action);