diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py
index 61358d2a5a..8cb390b1c9 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/actions/show_quickview.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ __copyright__ = '2010, Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>'
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 
-from qt.core import QAction
+from qt.core import QAction, QTimer
 
 from calibre.gui2.actions import InterfaceAction
 from calibre.gui2.dialogs.quickview import Quickview
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ class ShowQuickviewAction(InterfaceAction):
         if show or (self.current_instance and not self.current_instance.is_closed):
             self.focus_quickview()
             self.current_instance.slave(idx)
+            # This is needed because if this method is invoked from the library
+            # view header context menu, the library view takes back the focus. I
+            # don't know if this happens for any context menu.
+            QTimer.singleShot(0, self.current_instance.set_focus)
 
     def library_changed(self, db):
         '''