diff --git a/src/components/PopoverMenu/index.tsx b/src/components/PopoverMenu/index.tsx
index 23e6a7768838..3f9c789b9d5f 100644
--- a/src/components/PopoverMenu/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PopoverMenu/index.tsx
@@ -154,6 +154,13 @@ type PopoverMenuProps = Partial<ModalAnimationProps> & {
      * */
     shouldEnableNewFocusManagement?: boolean;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to return focus to the trigger when the menu is dismissed without navigating.
+     * Defaults to the inverse of `shouldEnableNewFocusManagement`, because that manager owns the restore when it is on.
+     * Set it explicitly for a trigger the manager cannot restore — it only tracks text inputs, so a button is left with nothing to return to.
+     */
+    shouldReturnFocus?: boolean;
+
     /** How to re-focus after the modal is dismissed */
     restoreFocusType?: BaseModalProps['restoreFocusType'];
 
@@ -326,6 +333,7 @@ function BasePopoverMenu({
     withoutOverlay = false,
     shouldSetModalVisibility = true,
     shouldEnableNewFocusManagement,
+    shouldReturnFocus,
     restoreFocusType,
     shouldShowRadioButton = false,
     containerStyles,
@@ -699,6 +707,7 @@ function BasePopoverMenu({
             withoutOverlay={withoutOverlay}
             shouldSetModalVisibility={shouldSetModalVisibility}
             shouldEnableNewFocusManagement={shouldEnableNewFocusManagement}
+            shouldReturnFocus={shouldReturnFocus}
             restoreFocusType={restoreFocusType}
             innerContainerStyle={{...styles.pv0, ...innerContainerStyle}}
             shouldUseModalPaddingStyle={shouldUseModalPaddingStyle}
@@ -709,7 +718,7 @@ function BasePopoverMenu({
         >
             <FocusTrapForModal
                 active={isVisible}
-                shouldReturnFocus={!shouldEnableNewFocusManagement}
+                shouldReturnFocus={shouldReturnFocus ?? !shouldEnableNewFocusManagement}
                 launcherRef={anchorRef}
             >
                 <CompactMenuContext.Provider value>
diff --git a/src/components/ThreeDotsMenu/index.tsx b/src/components/ThreeDotsMenu/index.tsx
index 5245e35be926..261aa98a6eed 100644
--- a/src/components/ThreeDotsMenu/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ThreeDotsMenu/index.tsx
@@ -215,6 +215,8 @@ function ThreeDotsMenu({
                 shouldSetModalVisibility={shouldSetModalVisibility}
                 anchorRef={buttonRef}
                 shouldEnableNewFocusManagement
+                // The button blurs itself before opening and is not a text input, so ComposerFocusManager has nothing to restore — the trap has to return focus.
+                shouldReturnFocus
                 restoreFocusType={restoreFocusType}
                 enableEdgeToEdgeBottomSafeAreaPadding
             />
diff --git a/tests/unit/PopoverMenuFocusReturnTest.tsx b/tests/unit/PopoverMenuFocusReturnTest.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8e496423257
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/PopoverMenuFocusReturnTest.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import {render} from '@testing-library/react-native';
+
+import type FocusTrapForModalProps from '@components/FocusTrap/FocusTrapForModal/FocusTrapForModalProps';
+import PopoverMenu from '@components/PopoverMenu';
+
+import CONST from '@src/CONST';
+
+import type {View} from 'react-native';
+
+import React, {createRef} from 'react';
+
+const capturedTrapProps: FocusTrapForModalProps[] = [];
+
+jest.mock('@components/FocusTrap/FocusTrapForModal', () => ({
+    __esModule: true,
+    default: (props: FocusTrapForModalProps) => {
+        capturedTrapProps.push(props);
+        return props.children;
+    },
+}));
+
+// The real popover measures layout and mounts a Modal; neither matters for the focus-return wiring under test.
+jest.mock('@components/PopoverWithMeasuredContent', () => ({
+    __esModule: true,
+    default: ({children}: {children: React.ReactNode}) => children,
+}));
+
+/**
+ * `shouldEnableNewFocusManagement` hands the focus return to ComposerFocusManager, which only ever saves and restores
+ * *inputs*. A popover anchored to a button — the ⋯ trigger, which also blurs itself before opening — has no input to
+ * restore, so the trap standing down left focus on `<body>` after Escape. `shouldReturnFocus` overrides that default.
+ */
+describe('PopoverMenu focus return', () => {
+    const anchorRef = createRef<View>();
+
+    function renderPopoverMenu(overrides: Partial<React.ComponentProps<typeof PopoverMenu>> = {}) {
+        capturedTrapProps.length = 0;
+        render(
+            <PopoverMenu
+                isVisible
+                anchorRef={anchorRef}
+                anchorPosition={{horizontal: 0, vertical: 0}}
+                menuItems={[{text: 'Duplicate workspace', onSelected: jest.fn()}]}
+                onClose={jest.fn()}
+                onItemSelected={jest.fn()}
+                {...overrides}
+            />,
+        );
+        return capturedTrapProps.at(-1);
+    }
+
+    it('returns focus when the caller opts in, even with the new focus manager on', () => {
+        expect(renderPopoverMenu({shouldEnableNewFocusManagement: true, shouldReturnFocus: true})?.shouldReturnFocus).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the derived default when the prop is omitted, so other callers are unchanged', () => {
+        expect(renderPopoverMenu({shouldEnableNewFocusManagement: true})?.shouldReturnFocus).toBe(false);
+        expect(renderPopoverMenu()?.shouldReturnFocus).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it('honors an explicit opt-out', () => {
+        expect(renderPopoverMenu({shouldReturnFocus: false})?.shouldReturnFocus).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it('passes the anchor as the launcher, so a trigger that blurs itself is still restorable', () => {
+        expect(renderPopoverMenu({shouldEnableNewFocusManagement: true, shouldReturnFocus: true})?.launcherRef).toBe(anchorRef);
+    });
+
+    it('opts in regardless of restoreFocusType, which only governs ComposerFocusManager', () => {
+        const props = renderPopoverMenu({
+            shouldEnableNewFocusManagement: true,
+            shouldReturnFocus: true,
+            restoreFocusType: CONST.MODAL.RESTORE_FOCUS_TYPE.PRESERVE,
+        });
+        expect(props?.shouldReturnFocus).toBe(true);
+    });
+});