diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx b/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx
index e9ed6e5435..bb54f8d59c 100644
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/components/virtualized-table.jsx
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class TreeSelection {
 
 		let toInvalidate = new Set(this.selected);
 		toInvalidate.add(index);
-		toInvalidate.add(this.pivot);
+		toInvalidate.add(this.focused);
 		this.selected = new Set([index]);
 		this.focused = index;
 		this.pivot = index;