diff --git a/libs/components/src/a11y/a11y-grid.directive.ts b/libs/components/src/a11y/a11y-grid.directive.ts
index 49a92686372..f3db9ca4ee2 100644
--- a/libs/components/src/a11y/a11y-grid.directive.ts
+++ b/libs/components/src/a11y/a11y-grid.directive.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export class A11yGridDirective {
   );
   private numColumns = computed(() => this.renderedRow().length);
 
-  private focusTarget = computed(() => this.renderedRow()?.[this.activeCol()]?.getFocusTarget());
+  focusTarget = computed(() => this.renderedRow()?.[this.activeCol()]?.getFocusTarget());
 
   constructor() {
     // init the grid
diff --git a/libs/components/src/item/item.component.ts b/libs/components/src/item/item.component.ts
index 1ef4a4af1fa..ef648943201 100644
--- a/libs/components/src/item/item.component.ts
+++ b/libs/components/src/item/item.component.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 import {
   ChangeDetectionStrategy,
   Component,
+  ElementRef,
   HostBinding,
   HostListener,
+  effect,
+  inject,
   signal,
 } from "@angular/core";
 
+import { A11yGridDirective } from "../a11y/a11y-grid.directive";
 import { A11yRowDirective } from "../a11y/a11y-row.directive";
 
 import { ItemActionComponent } from "./item-action.component";
@@ -36,6 +40,23 @@ export class ItemComponent extends A11yRowDirective {
     this.focusVisibleWithin.set(false);
   }
 
+  private a11yGrid = inject(A11yGridDirective);
+  private el = inject(ElementRef<HTMLElement>);
+
+  constructor() {
+    super();
+
+    /** Workaround to reset internal component state when view is recycled during virtual scroll */
+    effect(
+      () => {
+        if (!this.el.nativeElement.contains(this.a11yGrid.focusTarget())) {
+          this.focusVisibleWithin.set(false);
+        }
+      },
+      { allowSignalWrites: true },
+    );
+  }
+
   @HostBinding("class") get classList(): string[] {
     return [
       this.focusVisibleWithin()