diff --git a/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.EditForm.js b/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.EditForm.js
index ef4b660e7..e440801d8 100644
--- a/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.EditForm.js
+++ b/admin/javascript/LeftAndMain.EditForm.js
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@
 				// in order to avoid changing the menu state if the action is cancelled by the user
 				// $('.cms-menu')
 				
-				// focus input on first form element
-				this.find(':input:visible:not(:submit):first').focus();
+				// focus input on first form element. Exclude elements which
+				// specifically opt-out of this behaviour via "data-skip-autofocus".
+				// This opt-out is useful if the first visible field is shown far down a scrollable area,
+				// for example for the pagination input field after a long GridField listing.
+				this.find(':input:visible:not(:submit)[data-skip-autofocus!="true"]:first').focus();
 				
 				// Optionally get the form attributes from embedded fields, see Form->formHtmlContent()
 				for(var overrideAttr in {'action':true,'method':true,'enctype':true,'name':true}) {
diff --git a/templates/Includes/GridFieldPaginator_Row.ss b/templates/Includes/GridFieldPaginator_Row.ss
index f21bf1a48..ee246c129 100644
--- a/templates/Includes/GridFieldPaginator_Row.ss
+++ b/templates/Includes/GridFieldPaginator_Row.ss
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <tr>
 	<td class="bottom-all" colspan="$Colspan">
 		<div class="datagrid-pagination">
-			$FirstPage $PreviousPage <span class="pagination-page-number">Page <input class="text" value="$CurrentPageNum"/> of $NumPages</span> $NextPage $LastPage 
+			$FirstPage $PreviousPage <span class="pagination-page-number">Page <input class="text" value="$CurrentPageNum" data-skip-autofocus="true" /> of $NumPages</span> $NextPage $LastPage 
 		</div>
 		
 		<span class="pagination-records-number">View $FirstShownRecord - $LastShownRecord of $NumRecords</span>