diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarViewBaseItem.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarViewBaseItem.cs
index d0d9df7e90b2..6eb448c3457b 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarViewBaseItem.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarViewBaseItem.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 using CCalendarViewBaseItemChrome = Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls.CalendarViewBaseItem;
 using DateTime = Windows.Foundation.WindowsFoundationDateTime;
 using Uno.UI.Xaml;
+using Uno.UI.Extensions;
+
 
 #if HAS_UNO_WINUI
 using Microsoft.UI.Input;
@@ -293,8 +295,8 @@ internal bool FocusSelfOrChild(
 
 			if (spItemToFocus is { })
 			{
-				var focused = FocusManager.SetFocusedElementWithDirection(spItemToFocus, focusState, false /* animateIfBringIntoView */, false, focusNavigationDirection);
-				pFocused = !focused;
+				var focused = this.SetFocusedElementWithDirection(spItemToFocus, focusState, false /* animateIfBringIntoView */, focusNavigationDirection);
+				pFocused = focused;
 			}
 
 			return pFocused;
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarView_Partial.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarView_Partial.cs
index 64b78d1861cb..8c507181d4e4 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarView_Partial.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Controls/CalendarView/CalendarView_Partial.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 using Uno.Extensions;
 using DayOfWeek = Windows.Globalization.DayOfWeek;
 using DateTime = Windows.Foundation.WindowsFoundationDateTime;
+using Uno.UI.Extensions;
 
 namespace Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Controls
 {
@@ -2134,7 +2135,7 @@ private void OnDisplayModeChanged(
 
 						//A control must be focused before we can set Engagement on it, attempt to set focus first
 						bool focused = false;
-						focused = FocusManager.SetFocusedElementWithDirection(spScrollViewer, FocusState.Keyboard, false /*animateIfBringintoView*/, false, FocusNavigationDirection.None);
+						focused = this.SetFocusedElementWithDirection(spScrollViewer, FocusState.Keyboard, false /*animateIfBringintoView*/, FocusNavigationDirection.None);
 						if (focused)
 						{
 							FocusManager.SetEngagedControl(spScrollViewer);
diff --git a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Input/FocusManager.mux.static.cs b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Input/FocusManager.mux.static.cs
index 24823c9bf792..713462f5364b 100644
--- a/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Input/FocusManager.mux.static.cs
+++ b/src/Uno.UI/UI/Xaml/Input/FocusManager.mux.static.cs
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ private bool SetFocusedElement(
 				focusState,
 				animateIfBringIntoView,
 				forceBringIntoView,
-				focusNavigationDirection);
+				focusNavigationDirection,
+				false);
 
 			return pFocusUpdated;
 		}