diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
index d0f379b78a..12fcb5f3bf 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/Frame.cpp
@@ -753,24 +753,15 @@ void CFrame::OnRenderWindowSizeRequest(int width, int height)
 
 bool CFrame::RendererHasFocus()
 {
-	if (m_RenderParent == nullptr)
-		return false;
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	if (m_RenderParent->GetParent()->GetHWND() == GetForegroundWindow())
-		return true;
-#else
-	wxWindow *window = wxWindow::FindFocus();
-	if (window == nullptr)
-		return false;
-	// Why these different cases?
-	if (m_RenderParent == window ||
-	    m_RenderParent == window->GetParent() ||
-	    m_RenderParent->GetParent() == window->GetParent())
-	{
-		return true;
-	}
-#endif
-	return false;
+	// RendererHasFocus should return true any time any one of our
+	// windows has the focus, including any dialogs or other windows.
+	//
+	// wxGetActiveWindow() returns the current wxWindow which has
+	// focus. If it's not one of our windows, then it will return
+	// null.
+
+	wxWindow *focusWindow = wxGetActiveWindow();
+	return (focusWindow != nullptr);
 }
 
 void CFrame::OnGameListCtrl_ItemActivated(wxListEvent& WXUNUSED (event))