diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/BackupSeedModal.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/BackupSeedModal.qml
index 5ce37de1701..651bf8e1453 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/BackupSeedModal.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/BackupSeedModal.qml
@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ StatusStackModal {
 
     property var privacyStore
 
+    onCurrentIndexChanged: {
+        if (currentIndex === 2) {
+            confirmFirstWord.forceInputFocus();
+        } else if (currentIndex === 3) {
+            confirmSecondWord.forceInputFocus();
+        }
+    }
+
     QtObject {
         id: d
 
diff --git a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/backupseed/BackupSeedStepBase.qml b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/backupseed/BackupSeedStepBase.qml
index 0d588d6b0b8..a05437d6ec3 100644
--- a/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/backupseed/BackupSeedStepBase.qml
+++ b/ui/app/AppLayouts/Profile/popups/backupseed/BackupSeedStepBase.qml
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ StatusScrollView {
 
     default property alias content: column.children
 
+    function forceInputFocus() {
+        inputText.input.edit.forceActiveFocus();
+    }
+
     implicitHeight: 520
     clip: false