diff --git a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/Windows.java b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/Windows.java
index 6cda95a43..efd295d6e 100644
--- a/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/Windows.java
+++ b/app/src/common/shared/org/mozilla/vrbrowser/ui/widgets/Windows.java
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ class WindowsState {
     public static final int MAX_WINDOWS = 3;
     private WindowWidget mFullscreenWindow;
     private WindowPlacement mPrevWindowPlacement;
+    private WindowPlacement mRegularWindowPlacement;
+    private WindowPlacement mPrivateWindowPlacement;
     private boolean mStoredCurvedMode = false;
     private boolean mForcedCurvedMode = false;
 
@@ -98,6 +100,9 @@ public Windows(Context aContext) {
         mRegularWindows = new ArrayList<>();
         mPrivateWindows = new ArrayList<>();
 
+        mRegularWindowPlacement = WindowPlacement.FRONT;
+        mPrivateWindowPlacement = WindowPlacement.FRONT;
+
         mStoredCurvedMode = SettingsStore.getInstance(mContext).getCylinderDensity() > 0.0f;
 
         restoreWindows();
@@ -402,6 +407,7 @@ public void enterPrivateMode() {
         }
         mPrivateMode = true;
         updateCurvedMode(true);
+        mRegularWindowPlacement = mFocusedWindow.getWindowPlacement();
         for (WindowWidget window: mRegularWindows) {
             setWindowVisible(window, false);
         }
@@ -416,7 +422,7 @@ public void enterPrivateMode() {
             }
 
         } else {
-            focusWindow(getFrontWindow());
+            focusWindow(getWindowWithPlacement(mPrivateWindowPlacement));
         }
         updateViews();
         mWidgetManager.pushWorldBrightness(this, WidgetManagerDelegate.DEFAULT_DIM_BRIGHTNESS);
@@ -428,13 +434,14 @@ public void exitPrivateMode() {
         }
         mPrivateMode = false;
         updateCurvedMode(true);
+        mPrivateWindowPlacement = mFocusedWindow.getWindowPlacement();
         for (WindowWidget window: mRegularWindows) {
             setWindowVisible(window, true);
         }
         for (WindowWidget window: mPrivateWindows) {
             setWindowVisible(window, false);
         }
-        focusWindow(getFrontWindow());
+        focusWindow(getWindowWithPlacement(mRegularWindowPlacement));
         updateViews();
         mWidgetManager.popWorldBrightness(this);
     }
@@ -866,6 +873,7 @@ public void onFullScreen(GeckoSession session, boolean aFullScreen) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Nullable
     private WindowWidget getWindowWithSession(GeckoSession aSession) {
         for (WindowWidget window: getCurrentWindows()) {
             if (window.getSessionStack().containsSession(aSession)) {