diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/plugin/react-editor.ts b/packages/slate-react/src/plugin/react-editor.ts
index 1d77d16a7fe..6399e654d17 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/plugin/react-editor.ts
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/plugin/react-editor.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import {
   EDITOR_TO_SCHEDULE_FLUSH,
   EDITOR_TO_WINDOW,
   ELEMENT_TO_NODE,
+  FOCUS_TIMER_HANDLE,
   IS_COMPOSING,
   IS_FOCUSED,
   IS_READ_ONLY,
@@ -412,6 +413,25 @@ export const ReactEditor: ReactEditorInterface = {
   },
 
   focus: editor => {
+    // If the editor has pending operations, focus should be requested after
+    // those changes are applied. Retry in the next tick if this is the case.
+    if (editor.operations.length > 0) {
+      const handle = FOCUS_TIMER_HANDLE.get(editor)
+      if (handle) {
+        clearTimeout(handle)
+        FOCUS_TIMER_HANDLE.delete(editor)
+      }
+      FOCUS_TIMER_HANDLE.set(
+        editor,
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          // Flush changes before trying to focus again
+          editor.onChange()
+          ReactEditor.focus(editor)
+        })
+      )
+      return
+    }
+
     const el = ReactEditor.toDOMNode(editor, editor)
     const root = ReactEditor.findDocumentOrShadowRoot(editor)
     IS_FOCUSED.set(editor, true)
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/utils/weak-maps.ts b/packages/slate-react/src/utils/weak-maps.ts
index acad54176f7..3d101f8efeb 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/utils/weak-maps.ts
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/utils/weak-maps.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export const EDITOR_TO_KEY_TO_ELEMENT: WeakMap<
 export const IS_READ_ONLY: WeakMap<Editor, boolean> = new WeakMap()
 export const IS_FOCUSED: WeakMap<Editor, boolean> = new WeakMap()
 export const IS_COMPOSING: WeakMap<Editor, boolean> = new WeakMap()
+export const FOCUS_TIMER_HANDLE: WeakMap<Editor, NodeJS.Timeout> = new WeakMap()
 
 export const EDITOR_TO_USER_SELECTION: WeakMap<
   Editor,