diff --git a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs
index a4ff860f2eba04..1c308d707a0c39 100644
--- a/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs
+++ b/crates/project_panel/src/project_panel_tests.rs
@@ -4577,15 +4577,26 @@ async fn test_rename_survives_window_deactivation(cx: &mut gpui::TestAppContext)
         .read_with(cx, |mw, _| mw.workspace().clone())
         .unwrap();
     let cx = &mut VisualTestContext::from_window(window.into(), cx);
-    let panel = workspace.update_in(cx, ProjectPanel::new);
+    let panel = workspace.update_in(cx, |workspace, window, cx| {
+        let panel = ProjectPanel::new(workspace, window, cx);
+        workspace.add_panel(panel.clone(), window, cx);
+        panel
+    });
     cx.run_until_parked();
 
     select_path(&panel, "root/file1.txt", cx);
     panel.update_in(cx, |panel, window, cx| panel.rename(&Rename, window, cx));
+    cx.run_until_parked();
     assert!(
         panel.read_with(cx, |panel, _| panel.state.edit_state.is_some()),
         "Rename should have started"
     );
+    panel.update_in(cx, |panel, window, cx| {
+        assert!(
+            panel.filename_editor.read(cx).is_focused(window),
+            "The filename editor must be focused, otherwise deactivating the window blurs nothing"
+        );
+    });
 
     cx.deactivate_window();