diff --git a/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.cc b/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.cc
index 605723009..b5d289452 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.cc
+++ b/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.cc
@@ -132,6 +132,14 @@ void CefBrowserViewImpl::SetPreferAccelerators(bool prefer_accelerators) {
     root_view()->set_allow_accelerators(prefer_accelerators);
 }
 
+void CefBrowserViewImpl::RequestFocus() {
+  CEF_REQUIRE_VALID_RETURN_VOID();
+  // Always execute asynchronously to work around issue #3040.
+  CEF_POST_TASK(CEF_UIT,
+                base::BindOnce(&CefBrowserViewImpl::RequestFocusInternal,
+                               weak_ptr_factory_.GetWeakPtr()));
+}
+
 void CefBrowserViewImpl::SetBackgroundColor(cef_color_t color) {
   CEF_REQUIRE_VALID_RETURN_VOID();
   ParentClass::SetBackgroundColor(color);
@@ -182,7 +190,7 @@ void CefBrowserViewImpl::OnBoundsChanged() {
 
 CefBrowserViewImpl::CefBrowserViewImpl(
     CefRefPtr<CefBrowserViewDelegate> delegate)
-    : ParentClass(delegate) {}
+    : ParentClass(delegate), weak_ptr_factory_(this) {}
 
 void CefBrowserViewImpl::SetPendingBrowserCreateParams(
     CefRefPtr<CefClient> client,
@@ -248,3 +256,7 @@ bool CefBrowserViewImpl::HandleAccelerator(
 
   return false;
 }
+
+void CefBrowserViewImpl::RequestFocusInternal() {
+  ParentClass::RequestFocus();
+}
diff --git a/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.h b/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.h
index f128a61ba..15ae54467 100644
--- a/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.h
+++ b/libcef/browser/views/browser_view_impl.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "libcef/browser/views/view_impl.h"
 
 #include "base/callback_forward.h"
+#include "base/memory/weak_ptr.h"
 #include "ui/views/controls/webview/unhandled_keyboard_event_handler.h"
 
 class CefBrowserHostBase;
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class CefBrowserViewImpl : public CefViewImpl<CefBrowserViewView,
 
   // CefView methods:
   CefRefPtr<CefBrowserView> AsBrowserView() override { return this; }
+  void RequestFocus() override;
   void SetBackgroundColor(cef_color_t color) override;
 
   // CefViewAdapter methods:
@@ -96,6 +98,8 @@ class CefBrowserViewImpl : public CefViewImpl<CefBrowserViewView,
   bool HandleAccelerator(const content::NativeWebKeyboardEvent& event,
                          views::FocusManager* focus_manager);
 
+  void RequestFocusInternal();
+
   std::unique_ptr<CefBrowserCreateParams> pending_browser_create_params_;
 
   CefRefPtr<CefBrowserHostBase> browser_;
@@ -105,6 +109,8 @@ class CefBrowserViewImpl : public CefViewImpl<CefBrowserViewView,
 
   base::RepeatingClosure on_bounds_changed_;
 
+  base::WeakPtrFactory<CefBrowserViewImpl> weak_ptr_factory_;
+
   IMPLEMENT_REFCOUNTING_DELETE_ON_UIT(CefBrowserViewImpl);
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(CefBrowserViewImpl);
 };