diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.controller.js b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.controller.js
index 32ab75c786..b4b4fa4337 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.controller.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.controller.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default
 
             let scope;
 
-            vm.init = (_scope_) => {
+            vm.init = (_scope_, controller, el) => {
                 scope = _scope_;
 
                 scope.parseType = 'yaml';
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@ export default
                     return ToJSON(scope.parseType, scope.extraVariables, true);
                 }
                 scope.validate = validate;
+
+                angular.element(el).ready(() => {
+                  const inputs = el.find('input, select');
+                  if (inputs.length) {
+                    inputs.get(0).focus();
+                  }
+                });
             };
 
 
diff --git a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.directive.js b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.directive.js
index 361f60e145..38ac48ef6b 100644
--- a/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.directive.js
+++ b/awx/ui/client/src/templates/prompt/steps/other-prompts/prompt-other-prompts.directive.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export default [ 'templateUrl',
             const launchController = controllers[0];
             const promptOtherPromptsController = controllers[1];
 
-            promptOtherPromptsController.init(scope, launchController);
+            promptOtherPromptsController.init(scope, launchController, el);
         }
     };
 }];