diff --git a/plugins/focuspoll/include/accessibilitywatcher/accessibilitywatcher.h b/plugins/focuspoll/include/accessibilitywatcher/accessibilitywatcher.h
index 49449cad5fcd92c1eeb748bdcfb932dfee4b9630..4aeaa1e9a0a6846b383e255ee2b647d63ccf6400 100644
--- a/plugins/focuspoll/include/accessibilitywatcher/accessibilitywatcher.h
+++ b/plugins/focuspoll/include/accessibilitywatcher/accessibilitywatcher.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class AccessibilityWatcher {
 	int screenHeight;
 	static bool ignoreLinks;
 	std::deque<FocusInfo> focusList;
+	FocusInfo lastFocus;
 	std::vector<FocusInfo> previouslyActiveMenus;
 	std::vector<std::vector<int>> optimizedPaths;
 
diff --git a/plugins/focuspoll/src/accessibilitywatcher.cpp b/plugins/focuspoll/src/accessibilitywatcher.cpp
index 8a56b97f42ca06b2993c5de3eb20f6be46a5e8dd..f1c1bd8e7072d21c4fef29690b98181a393f725c 100644
--- a/plugins/focuspoll/src/accessibilitywatcher.cpp
+++ b/plugins/focuspoll/src/accessibilitywatcher.cpp
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ void AccessibilityWatcher::registerEvent (const AtspiEvent *event, const std::st
 	AccessibilityWatcher::getInstance ()->focusList.erase (AccessibilityWatcher::getInstance ()->focusList.begin ());
     }
     AccessibilityWatcher::getInstance ()->focusList.push_back (res);
+    AccessibilityWatcher::getInstance ()->lastFocus = res;
 }
 
 bool AccessibilityWatcher::appSpecificFilter (FocusInfo& focus, const AtspiEvent* event)
@@ -247,10 +248,14 @@ bool AccessibilityWatcher::appSpecificFilter (FocusInfo& focus, const AtspiEvent
 	focus.active = true;
     }
 
-    // Parasite event from mate-panel alt-F2 dialog. #494
+    // Spam event from mate-panel alt-F2 dialog. bug hypra #494
     if (focus.application == "mate-panel" && focus.role == "text" && focus.w > 250)
     {
-	return true;
+	auto lastFocus = AccessibilityWatcher::getInstance()->lastFocus;
+	if (lastFocus.application == "mate-panel" && lastFocus.role == "text" && lastFocus.w < 100)
+	{
+	    return true;
+	}
     }
 
     if (focus.application == "soffice" && focus.role == "paragraph")