diff --git a/render/render.js b/render/render.js
index c8181ad1..f95d40cd 100644
--- a/render/render.js
+++ b/render/render.js
@@ -867,7 +867,7 @@ module.exports = function($window) {
 		updateNodes(dom, dom.vnodes, Vnode.normalizeChildren(vnodes), hooks, null, namespace === "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ? undefined : namespace)
 		dom.vnodes = vnodes
 		// document.activeElement can return null in IE https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/activeElement
-		if (active != null && $doc.activeElement !== active) active.focus()
+		if (active != null && $doc.activeElement !== active && typeof active.focus === "function") active.focus()
 		for (var i = 0; i < hooks.length; i++) hooks[i]()
 	}