diff --git a/tryton/common/focus.py b/tryton/common/focus.py
index 9d54df1eab..1afcd3c072 100644
--- a/tryton/common/focus.py
+++ b/tryton/common/focus.py
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ def tab_compare(a, b):
         return (y1 > y2) - (y1 < y2)
 
 
+def get_focus_chain(widget):
+    focus_chain = widget.get_focus_chain()
+    # If the focus_chain is not defined on the widget then we will simply
+    # search into all its children widgets
+    return (focus_chain
+        if focus_chain is not None
+        else sorted(widget.get_children(), key=cmp_to_key(tab_compare)))
+
+
 def find_focusable_child(widget):
     if not widget.get_visible():
         return None
@@ -48,13 +57,7 @@ def find_focusable_child(widget):
         return widget
     if not hasattr(widget, 'get_children'):
         return None
-    focus_chain = widget.get_focus_chain()
-    # If the focus_chain is not defined on the widget then we will simply
-    # search into all its children widgets
-    widgets = (focus_chain
-        if focus_chain is not None
-        else sorted(widget.get_children(), key=cmp_to_key(tab_compare)))
-    for child in widgets:
+    for child in get_focus_chain(widget):
         focusable = find_focusable_child(child)
         if focusable:
             return focusable
@@ -79,3 +82,11 @@ def next_focus_widget(widget):
             return focus_widget
         else:
             return next_focus_widget(widget.parent)
+
+
+def find_first_focus_widget(ancestor, widgets):
+    "Return the widget from widgets which should have first the focus"
+    for child in get_focus_chain(ancestor):
+        common = [w for w in widgets if w.is_ancestor(child)]
+        if common:
+            return find_first_focus_widget(child, common)
diff --git a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py
index a19e6b47d2..d8fcc2ce64 100644
--- a/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py
+++ b/tryton/gui/window/view_form/view/form.py
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 #This file is part of Tryton.  The COPYRIGHT file at the top level of
 #this repository contains the full copyright notices and license terms.
 import operator
-from functools import cmp_to_key
 import gtk
 import gettext
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from . import View
 from tryton.common.focus import (get_invisible_ancestor, find_focused_child,
-    next_focus_widget, find_focusable_child, tab_compare)
+    next_focus_widget, find_focusable_child, find_first_focus_widget)
 from tryton.common import Tooltips, node_attributes, ICONFACTORY
 from tryton.common.button import Button
 from tryton.config import CONFIG
@@ -501,9 +500,8 @@ class ViewForm(View):
                     if not field.get_state_attrs(record).get('valid', True):
                         invalid_widgets.append(
                             find_focusable_child(widget.widget))
-            invalid_widgets.sort(key=cmp_to_key(tab_compare))
-            if invalid_widgets:
-                focus_widget = invalid_widgets[0]
+            focus_widget = find_first_focus_widget(
+                self._viewport, invalid_widgets)
         if focus_widget:
             for notebook in self.notebooks:
                 for i in range(notebook.get_n_pages()):