diff --git a/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc b/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
index 47626176d350..18bb5c23278f 100644
--- a/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/ui/views/menu_bar.cc
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 #include "atom/browser/ui/views/submenu_button.h"
 #include "atom/common/keyboard_util.h"
+#include "ui/aura/window.h"
 #include "ui/base/models/menu_model.h"
 #include "ui/views/background.h"
 #include "ui/views/layout/box_layout.h"
@@ -174,6 +175,27 @@ bool MenuBar::AcceleratorPressed(const ui::Accelerator& accelerator) {
 }
 
 bool MenuBar::SetPaneFocus(views::View* initial_focus) {
+  // TODO(zcbenz): Submit patch to upstream Chromium to fix the crash.
+  //
+  // Without this check, Electron would crash when running tests.
+  //
+  // Check failed: rules_->CanFocusWindow(window, nullptr).
+  //   logging::LogMessage::~LogMessage
+  //   wm::FocusController::SetFocusedWindow
+  //   wm::FocusController::ResetFocusWithinActiveWindow
+  //   views::View::OnFocus
+  //   views::Button::OnFocus
+  //   views::LabelButton::OnFocus
+  //   views::View::Focus
+  //   views::FocusManager::SetFocusedViewWithReason
+  //   views::AccessiblePaneView::SetPaneFocus
+  //   atom::MenuBar::SetPaneFocus
+  if (initial_focus && initial_focus->GetWidget()) {
+    aura::Window* window = initial_focus->GetWidget()->GetNativeWindow();
+    if (!window || !window->GetRootWindow())
+      return false;
+  }
+
   bool result = views::AccessiblePaneView::SetPaneFocus(initial_focus);
 
   if (result) {