diff --git a/dev/WebView2/WebView2.cpp b/dev/WebView2/WebView2.cpp
index 1fa99d6fbf..8c30b788c9 100644
--- a/dev/WebView2/WebView2.cpp
+++ b/dev/WebView2/WebView2.cpp
@@ -1255,14 +1255,28 @@ void WebView2::FireCoreWebView2Initialized(winrt::hresult exception)
     m_coreWebView2InitializedEventSource(*this, *eventArgs);
 }
 
-void WebView2::HandleGotFocus(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::RoutedEventArgs&) noexcept
+void WebView2::HandleGotFocus(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::RoutedEventArgs&)
 {
     if (m_coreWebView && m_xamlFocusChangeInfo.m_isPending)
     {
-        // In current CoreWebView2 API, MoveFocus is not expected to fail, so set m_webHasFocus here rather than
-        // in asynchronous (MOJO/cross-proc) CoreWebView2 GotFocus event.
-        m_webHasFocus = true;
-        m_coreWebViewController.MoveFocus(m_xamlFocusChangeInfo.m_storedMoveFocusReason);
+        try
+        {
+            m_coreWebViewController.MoveFocus(m_xamlFocusChangeInfo.m_storedMoveFocusReason);
+            m_webHasFocus = true;
+        }
+        catch (winrt::hresult_error e)
+        {
+            // Occasionally, a request to restore the minimized window does not complete. This triggers
+            // FocusManager to set Xaml Focus to WV2 and consequently into CWV2 MoveFocus() call above, 
+            // which in turn will attempt ::SetFocus() on InputHWND, and that will fail with E_INVALIDARG
+            // since that HWND remains minimized. Work around by ignoring this error here. Since the app
+            // is minimized, focus state is not relevant - the next (successful) attempt to restrore the app
+            // will set focus into WV2/CWV2 correctly.
+            if (e.code().value != E_INVALIDARG)
+            {
+                throw;
+            }
+        }
         m_xamlFocusChangeInfo.m_isPending = false;
     }
 }
diff --git a/dev/WebView2/WebView2.h b/dev/WebView2/WebView2.h
index 905c40b6e4..dfa4a69d21 100644
--- a/dev/WebView2/WebView2.h
+++ b/dev/WebView2/WebView2.h
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class WebView2 :
     void HandlePointerCaptureLost(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::PointerRoutedEventArgs& args);
     void HandleKeyDown(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::KeyRoutedEventArgs& e);
     void HandleGettingFocus(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::GettingFocusEventArgs& args) noexcept;
-    void HandleGotFocus(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::RoutedEventArgs&) noexcept;
+    void HandleGotFocus(const winrt::Windows::Foundation::IInspectable&, const winrt::RoutedEventArgs&);
     void HandleAcceleratorKeyActivated(const winrt::Windows::UI::Core::CoreDispatcher&, const winrt::AcceleratorKeyEventArgs& args) noexcept;
     void HandleXamlRootChanged();
     void HandleSizeChanged(const winrt::IInspectable& /*sender*/, const winrt::SizeChangedEventArgs& args);