diff --git a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js
index 7f1c57e3..87084bd3 100644
--- a/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js
+++ b/js/jquery.mobile.forms.select.js
@@ -422,7 +422,14 @@ $.widget( "mobile.selectmenu", $.mobile.widget, {
 				});
 			}
 
-			self.menuPage.one('pageshow',focusMenuItem);
+			self.menuPage.one('pageshow', function() {
+				// silentScroll() is called whenever a page is shown to restore
+				// any previous scroll position the page may have had. We need to
+				// wait for the "silentscroll" event before setting focus to avoid
+				// the browser's "feature" which offsets rendering to make sure
+				// whatever has focus is in view.
+				$(window).one("silentscroll", function(){ focusMenuItem(); });
+			});
 
 			self.menuType = "page";
 			self.menuPageContent.append( self.list );