diff --git a/src/focusable.coffee b/src/focusable.coffee
index 6441a74eb..69c966896 100644
--- a/src/focusable.coffee
+++ b/src/focusable.coffee
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ class Focusable extends Mixin
       @$focusContext
         .flatMapLatest((context) -> context?.$focusedObject)
         .map((focusedObject) => focusedObject is this)
+        .distinctUntilChanged()
 
   focus: ->
     throw new Error("Object must be assigned a focusContext to be focus") unless @focusContext