diff --git a/src/view/urllabel.cpp b/src/view/urllabel.cpp
index 80851ba81..73860215d 100644
--- a/src/view/urllabel.cpp
+++ b/src/view/urllabel.cpp
@@ -1,49 +1,51 @@
 /*
     view/urllabel.cpp
 
     This file is part of Kleopatra, the KDE keymanager
     SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021, 2022 g10 Code GmbH
     SPDX-FileContributor: Ingo Klöcker <dev@ingo-kloecker.de>
 
     SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 */
 
 #include <config-kleopatra.h>
 
 #include "urllabel.h"
 
 #include <QUrl>
 
 using namespace Kleo;
 
 UrlLabel::UrlLabel(QWidget *parent)
     : HtmlLabel{parent}
 {
 }
 
 UrlLabel::~UrlLabel() = default;
 
 void UrlLabel::setUrl(const QUrl &url, const QString &text)
 {
     // we prepend a zero-width-space character to work around a bug in QLabel::focusNextPrevChild(false)
     // which makes it impossible to leave the label with Shift+Tab if the text starts with a link
     static const QString templateString{QLatin1String{"&#8203;<a href=\"%1\">%2</a>"}};
 
     if (url.isEmpty()) {
         HtmlLabel::setHtml({});
         return;
     }
 
     setHtml(templateString.arg(
         url.url(QUrl::FullyEncoded),
         text.isEmpty() ? url.toDisplayString().toHtmlEscaped() : text.toHtmlEscaped()));
 }
 
 void UrlLabel::focusInEvent(QFocusEvent *event)
 {
     // immediately focus the URL when the label get focus
     QLabel::focusInEvent(event);
     if (!hasSelectedText()) {
-        focusNextPrevChild(true);
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(this, [this]() {
+            focusNextPrevChild(true);
+        }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
     }
 }