diff --git a/chrome/browser/chromeos/accessibility/spoken_feedback_browsertest.cc b/chrome/browser/chromeos/accessibility/spoken_feedback_browsertest.cc
index d1f2c1f760c704..fb835af6960c7c 100644
--- a/chrome/browser/chromeos/accessibility/spoken_feedback_browsertest.cc
+++ b/chrome/browser/chromeos/accessibility/spoken_feedback_browsertest.cc
@@ -500,7 +500,11 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_P(SpokenFeedbackTest, OverviewMode) {
       break;
   }
 
-  EXPECT_EQ("Entered window overview mode", speech_monitor_.GetNextUtterance());
+  while (true) {
+    std::string utterance = speech_monitor_.GetNextUtterance();
+    if (utterance == "Entered window overview mode")
+      break;
+  }
 
   SendKeyPress(ui::VKEY_TAB);
   // On Chrome OS accessibility title for tabbed browser windows contains app
@@ -534,9 +538,12 @@ IN_PROC_BROWSER_TEST_P(SpokenFeedbackTest, MAYBE_ChromeVoxShiftSearch) {
 
   // Press Search+/ to enter ChromeVox's "find in page".
   SendKeyPressWithSearch(ui::VKEY_OEM_2);
-  EXPECT_EQ(", window", speech_monitor_.GetNextUtterance());
-  EXPECT_EQ("webView", speech_monitor_.GetNextUtterance());
-  EXPECT_EQ("Find in page.", speech_monitor_.GetNextUtterance());
+
+  while (true) {
+    std::string utterance = speech_monitor_.GetNextUtterance();
+    if (utterance == "Find in page.")
+      break;
+  }
 }
 
 #if defined(MEMORY_SANITIZER)
diff --git a/components/exo/shell_surface.cc b/components/exo/shell_surface.cc
index 6598b78799ee67..beb4b9b0d902d1 100644
--- a/components/exo/shell_surface.cc
+++ b/components/exo/shell_surface.cc
@@ -1076,6 +1076,8 @@ void ShellSurface::CreateShellSurfaceWidget(ui::WindowShowState show_state) {
 
   aura::Window* window = widget_->GetNativeWindow();
   window->SetName("ExoShellSurface");
+  window->SetProperty(aura::client::kAccessibilityFocusFallsbackToWidgetKey,
+                      false);
   window->AddChild(surface_->window());
   window->SetEventTargeter(base::WrapUnique(new CustomWindowTargeter(widget_)));
   SetApplicationId(window, application_id_);
diff --git a/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.cc b/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.cc
index 132267c1f019c7..5f268a2d881e8c 100644
--- a/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.cc
+++ b/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace client {
 
 // Alphabetical sort.
 
+DEFINE_WINDOW_PROPERTY_KEY(bool, kAccessibilityFocusFallsbackToWidgetKey, true);
 DEFINE_WINDOW_PROPERTY_KEY(bool, kAlwaysOnTopKey, false);
 DEFINE_WINDOW_PROPERTY_KEY(bool, kAnimationsDisabledKey, false);
 DEFINE_OWNED_WINDOW_PROPERTY_KEY(gfx::ImageSkia, kAppIconKey, nullptr);
diff --git a/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.h b/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.h
index ec29db231bf0a7..59aef03f633a15 100644
--- a/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.h
+++ b/ui/aura/client/aura_constants.h
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ namespace client {
 
 // Alphabetical sort.
 
+// A property key to store whether accessibility focus falls back to widget or
+// not.
+AURA_EXPORT extern const WindowProperty<bool>* const
+    kAccessibilityFocusFallsbackToWidgetKey;
+
 // A property key to store always-on-top flag.
 AURA_EXPORT extern const WindowProperty<bool>* const kAlwaysOnTopKey;
 
diff --git a/ui/views/accessibility/ax_aura_obj_cache.cc b/ui/views/accessibility/ax_aura_obj_cache.cc
index 0ce0047c998781..ad9df5c9fdd4d7 100644
--- a/ui/views/accessibility/ax_aura_obj_cache.cc
+++ b/ui/views/accessibility/ax_aura_obj_cache.cc
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "base/memory/ptr_util.h"
 #include "base/memory/singleton.h"
+#include "base/strings/string_util.h"
+#include "ui/aura/client/aura_constants.h"
 #include "ui/aura/client/focus_client.h"
 #include "ui/aura/window.h"
 #include "ui/views/accessibility/ax_aura_obj_wrapper.h"
@@ -160,8 +162,14 @@ View* AXAuraObjCache::GetFocusedView() {
   View* focused_view = focus_manager->GetFocusedView();
   if (focused_view)
     return focused_view;
-  else
+
+  if (focused_window->GetProperty(
+          aura::client::kAccessibilityFocusFallsbackToWidgetKey)) {
+    // If no view is focused, falls back to root view.
     return focused_widget->GetRootView();
+  }
+
+  return nullptr;
 }
 
 void AXAuraObjCache::OnWindowFocused(aura::Window* gained_focus,