diff --git a/openbox/focus.c b/openbox/focus.c
index 817640ff..f06a077e 100644
--- a/openbox/focus.c
+++ b/openbox/focus.c
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ ObClient* focus_fallback_target(gboolean allow_refocus, ObClient *old)
 #endif
 
     ob_debug("trying omnipresentness\n");
-    if (old && old->desktop == DESKTOP_ALL)
+    if (allow_refocus && old && old->desktop == DESKTOP_ALL)
         return old;