diff --git a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
index 9dc52f21d6..3b71096190 100644
--- a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ const SpaceCreateMenu = ({ onFinished }) => {
         onFinished={onFinished}
         wrapperClassName="mx_SpaceCreateMenu_wrapper"
         managed={false}
+        focusLock={true}
     >
         { body }
     </ContextMenu>;