diff --git a/src/components/dialog/dialog.ts b/src/components/dialog/dialog.ts
index 67998dda2..90540abf9 100644
--- a/src/components/dialog/dialog.ts
+++ b/src/components/dialog/dialog.ts
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export default class SlDialog extends LitElement {
       if (!hasPreventScroll) {
         const slInitialFocus = emit(this, 'sl-initial-focus', { cancelable: true });
         if (!slInitialFocus.defaultPrevented) {
-          this.panel.focus({ preventScroll: true });
+          this.panel.focus();
         }
       }