diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-menu-918e66fd-6898-4f31-be79-1d333bff7781.json b/change/@fluentui-react-menu-918e66fd-6898-4f31-be79-1d333bff7781.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e36e50331d4dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-menu-918e66fd-6898-4f31-be79-1d333bff7781.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "patch",
+  "comment": "fix: Menu should not steal focus on close",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-menu",
+  "email": "lingfangao@hotmail.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/Menu.cy.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/Menu.cy.tsx
index aea5ce4afc27f..6aec751ad2b68 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/Menu.cy.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/Menu.cy.tsx
@@ -391,6 +391,27 @@ describe('MenuItemRadio', () => {
 });
 
 describe('Menu', () => {
+  it('should not focus trigger on dismiss if another elemnt is focused', () => {
+    mount(
+      <>
+        <Menu>
+          <MenuTrigger disableButtonEnhancement>
+            <button id={menuTriggerId}>Menu</button>
+          </MenuTrigger>
+          <MenuPopover>
+            <MenuList>
+              <MenuItem>Item</MenuItem>
+            </MenuList>
+          </MenuPopover>
+        </Menu>
+        <input type="text" />
+      </>,
+    );
+    cy.get(menuTriggerSelector).click().get(menuSelector).should('exist').get('input').realClick();
+
+    cy.get('input').should('be.focused');
+  });
+
   it('should be dismissed with Escape', () => {
     mount(
       <Menu>
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/useMenu.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/useMenu.tsx
index 932254e218b5f..5030194e69e75 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/useMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-menu/src/components/Menu/useMenu.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   useOnClickOutside,
   useEventCallback,
   useOnScrollOutside,
+  useFirstMount,
 } from '@fluentui/react-utilities';
 import { useFluent_unstable as useFluent } from '@fluentui/react-shared-contexts';
 import { elementContains } from '@fluentui/react-portal';
@@ -176,7 +177,6 @@ const useMenuOpenState = (
   const parentSetOpen = useMenuContext_unstable(context => context.setOpen);
   const onOpenChange: MenuProps['onOpenChange'] = useEventCallback((e, data) => state.onOpenChange?.(e, data));
 
-  const shouldHandleCloseRef = React.useRef(false);
   const setOpenTimeout = React.useRef(0);
   const enteringTriggerRef = React.useRef(false);
 
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ const useMenuOpenState = (
 
     if (!data.open) {
       state.setContextTarget(undefined);
-      shouldHandleCloseRef.current = true;
     }
 
     if (data.bubble) {
@@ -276,23 +275,24 @@ const useMenuOpenState = (
     firstFocusable?.focus();
   }, [findFirstFocusable, state.menuPopoverRef]);
 
+  const firstMount = useFirstMount();
   React.useEffect(() => {
     if (open) {
       focusFirst();
     } else {
-      if (shouldHandleCloseRef.current) {
-        // We know that React effects are sync so we focus the trigger here
-        // after any event handler (event handlers will update state and re-render).
-        // Since the browser only performs the default behaviour for the Tab key once
-        // keyboard events have fully bubbled up the window, the browser will move
-        // focus to the next tabbable element before/after the trigger if needed.
-        // If the Tab key was not pressed, focus will remain on the trigger as expected.
-        state.triggerRef.current?.focus();
+      if (!firstMount) {
+        if (targetDocument?.activeElement === targetDocument?.body) {
+          // We know that React effects are sync so we focus the trigger here
+          // after any event handler (event handlers will update state and re-render).
+          // Since the browser only performs the default behaviour for the Tab key once
+          // keyboard events have fully bubbled up the window, the browser will move
+          // focus to the next tabbable element before/after the trigger if needed.
+          // If the Tab key was not pressed, focus will remain on the trigger as expected.
+          state.triggerRef.current?.focus();
+        }
       }
     }
-
-    shouldHandleCloseRef.current = false;
-  }, [state.triggerRef, state.isSubmenu, open, focusFirst]);
+  }, [state.triggerRef, state.isSubmenu, open, focusFirst, firstMount, targetDocument, state.menuPopoverRef]);
 
   return [open, setOpen] as const;
 };