diff --git a/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/SpatialNavigator.ts b/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/SpatialNavigator.ts
index 8ea8c7c9..47743f72 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/SpatialNavigator.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/SpatialNavigator.ts
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@ export default class SpatialNavigator {
    *
    * Still, I want to queue it, because the element might not be registered yet (example: in the case of virtualized lists)
    */
-  public queueFocus = (id: string) => {
-    if (this.focusQueue) return;
-    this.focusQueue = id;
+  public deferredFocus = (id: string) => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      if (this.lrud.getNode(id)) {
+        this.lrud.assignFocus(id);
+        return;
+      }
+    }, 0);
   };
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/components/virtualizedList/SpatialNavigationVirtualizedListWithScroll.tsx b/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/components/virtualizedList/SpatialNavigationVirtualizedListWithScroll.tsx
index 08cda439..a216c07e 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/components/virtualizedList/SpatialNavigationVirtualizedListWithScroll.tsx
+++ b/packages/lib/src/spatial-navigation/components/virtualizedList/SpatialNavigationVirtualizedListWithScroll.tsx
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export const SpatialNavigationVirtualizedListWithScroll = typedMemo(
             setCurrentlyFocusedItemIndex(index);
             if (idRef.current) {
               const newId = idRef.current.getNthVirtualNodeID(index);
-              spatialNavigator.queueFocus(newId);
+              spatialNavigator.deferredFocus(newId);
             }
           },
         }),