diff --git a/src/Posting/Captcha.v1.coffee b/src/Posting/Captcha.v1.coffee
index 9a438d0a0..aa50aa354 100644
--- a/src/Posting/Captcha.v1.coffee
+++ b/src/Posting/Captcha.v1.coffee
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Captcha.v1 =
   setup: (focus, force) ->
     return unless @isEnabled and (force or @needed())
     @create()
-    @nodes.input.focus() if focus and d.activeElement in [QR.nodes.status, d.body]
+    @nodes.input.focus() if focus
 
   afterSetup: ->
     return unless challenge = $.id 'recaptcha_challenge_field_holder'
diff --git a/src/Posting/Captcha.v2.coffee b/src/Posting/Captcha.v2.coffee
index 72c74f068..99bbe2cf2 100644
--- a/src/Posting/Captcha.v2.coffee
+++ b/src/Posting/Captcha.v2.coffee
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ Captcha.v2 =
 
   setup: (focus, force) ->
     return unless @isEnabled and (@needed() or force)
-    @nodes.counter.focus() if focus and d.activeElement in [QR.nodes.status, d.body]
+    @nodes.counter.focus() if focus
     if @timeouts.destroy
       clearTimeout @timeouts.destroy
       delete @timeouts.destroy
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ Captcha.v2 =
     @captchas = @captchas[i..]
     @count()
     $.set 'captchas', @captchas
-    @setup true
+    @setup(d.activeElement is QR.nodes.status)
 
   count: ->
     @nodes.counter.textContent = "Captchas: #{@captchas.length}"
diff --git a/src/Posting/QR.coffee b/src/Posting/QR.coffee
index cd22cbafd..536a6aad7 100644
--- a/src/Posting/QR.coffee
+++ b/src/Posting/QR.coffee
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ QR =
       captcha = QR.captcha.getOne()
       unless captcha
         err = 'No valid captcha.'
-        QR.captcha.setup true
+        QR.captcha.setup(!QR.cooldown.auto or d.activeElement is QR.nodes.status)
 
     QR.cleanNotifications()
     if err
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ QR =
           QR.cooldown.addDelay post, seconds
       else # stop auto-posting
         QR.cooldown.auto = false
-      QR.captcha.setup QR.cooldown.auto
+      QR.captcha.setup(QR.cooldown.auto and d.activeElement is QR.nodes.status)
       QR.cooldown.auto = false if QR.captcha.isEnabled and !QR.captcha.captchas.length
       QR.status()
       QR.error err