diff --git a/packages/ibm-products/src/components/APIKeyModal/APIKeyModal.tsx b/packages/ibm-products/src/components/APIKeyModal/APIKeyModal.tsx
index 5e2b48217f..c7e0809c97 100644
--- a/packages/ibm-products/src/components/APIKeyModal/APIKeyModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/ibm-products/src/components/APIKeyModal/APIKeyModal.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { isRequiredIf } from '../../global/js/utils/props-helper';
 import uuidv4 from '../../global/js/utils/uuidv4';
 import { APIKeyModalProps } from './APIKeyModal.types';
 import { useFocus, usePreviousValue } from '../../global/js/hooks';
-import { getSpecificElement } from '../../global/js/hooks/useFocus';
+import { claimFocus } from '../../global/js/hooks/useFocus';
 
 const componentName = 'APIKeyModal';
 
@@ -137,27 +137,7 @@ export let APIKeyModal: React.FC<APIKeyModalProps> = forwardRef(
     useEffect(() => {
       if (open) {
         // Focusing the first element or selectorPrimaryFocus element
-        if (
-          selectorPrimaryFocus &&
-          getSpecificElement(modalRef?.current, selectorPrimaryFocus)
-        ) {
-          const specifiedEl = getSpecificElement(
-            modalRef?.current,
-            selectorPrimaryFocus
-          );
-
-          if (
-            specifiedEl &&
-            window?.getComputedStyle(specifiedEl)?.display !== 'none'
-          ) {
-            setTimeout(() => specifiedEl.focus(), 0);
-            return;
-          }
-        }
-
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          firstElement?.focus();
-        }, 0);
+        claimFocus(firstElement, modalRef, selectorPrimaryFocus);
       }
     }, [firstElement, modalRef, open, selectorPrimaryFocus]);
 
diff --git a/packages/ibm-products/src/components/AboutModal/AboutModal.tsx b/packages/ibm-products/src/components/AboutModal/AboutModal.tsx
index ced6f6b517..afaea2a06b 100644
--- a/packages/ibm-products/src/components/AboutModal/AboutModal.tsx
+++ b/packages/ibm-products/src/components/AboutModal/AboutModal.tsx
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import React, { MutableRefObject, ReactNode, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import cx from 'classnames';
 import { getDevtoolsProps } from '../../global/js/utils/devtools';
-import { useFocus } from '../../global/js/hooks/useFocus';
+import { claimFocus, useFocus } from '../../global/js/hooks/useFocus';
 import { pkg } from '../../settings';
 import { usePortalTarget } from '../../global/js/hooks/usePortalTarget';
 import uuidv4 from '../../global/js/utils/uuidv4';
@@ -153,10 +153,9 @@ export let AboutModal = React.forwardRef(
 
     useEffect(() => {
       if (open) {
-        setTimeout(() => firstElement?.focus(), 0);
+        claimFocus(firstElement, modalRef);
       }
-      // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-    }, [open]);
+    }, [firstElement, modalRef, open]);
 
     return renderPortalUse(
       <FeatureFlags enableExperimentalFocusWrapWithoutSentinels>
diff --git a/packages/ibm-products/src/components/Tearsheet/TearsheetShell.tsx b/packages/ibm-products/src/components/Tearsheet/TearsheetShell.tsx
index bebe1617c8..74dd3e7376 100644
--- a/packages/ibm-products/src/components/Tearsheet/TearsheetShell.tsx
+++ b/packages/ibm-products/src/components/Tearsheet/TearsheetShell.tsx
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 import { ActionSet } from '../ActionSet';
 import { Wrap } from '../../global/js/utils/Wrap';
 import { usePortalTarget } from '../../global/js/hooks/usePortalTarget';
-import { getSpecificElement, useFocus } from '../../global/js/hooks/useFocus';
+import { claimFocus, useFocus } from '../../global/js/hooks/useFocus';
 import { usePreviousValue } from '../../global/js/hooks';
 import { TearsheetAction } from './Tearsheet';
 
@@ -323,48 +323,13 @@ export const TearsheetShell = React.forwardRef(
 
     // Callback to give the tearsheet the opportunity to claim focus
     handleStackChange.claimFocus = function () {
-      if (
-        selectorPrimaryFocus &&
-        getSpecificElement(modalRef?.current, selectorPrimaryFocus)
-      ) {
-        const specifiedEl = getSpecificElement(
-          modalRef?.current,
-          selectorPrimaryFocus
-        );
-
-        if (
-          specifiedEl &&
-          window?.getComputedStyle(specifiedEl)?.display !== 'none'
-        ) {
-          return specifiedEl.focus();
-        }
-      }
-
-      setTimeout(() => firstElement?.focus(), 0);
+      claimFocus(firstElement, modalRef, selectorPrimaryFocus);
     };
 
     useEffect(() => {
       if (open) {
         // Focusing the first element or selectorPrimaryFocus element
-        if (
-          selectorPrimaryFocus &&
-          getSpecificElement(modalRef?.current, selectorPrimaryFocus)
-        ) {
-          const specifiedEl = getSpecificElement(
-            modalRef?.current,
-            selectorPrimaryFocus
-          );
-
-          if (
-            specifiedEl &&
-            window?.getComputedStyle(specifiedEl)?.display !== 'none'
-          ) {
-            setTimeout(() => specifiedEl.focus(), 0);
-            return;
-          }
-        }
-
-        setTimeout(() => firstElement?.focus(), 0);
+        claimFocus(firstElement, modalRef, selectorPrimaryFocus);
       }
     }, [firstElement, modalRef, open, selectorPrimaryFocus]);
 
diff --git a/packages/ibm-products/src/global/js/hooks/useFocus.js b/packages/ibm-products/src/global/js/hooks/useFocus.js
index f82bb9b613..e6a7dd052a 100644
--- a/packages/ibm-products/src/global/js/hooks/useFocus.js
+++ b/packages/ibm-products/src/global/js/hooks/useFocus.js
@@ -97,3 +97,34 @@ export const useFocus = (modalRef, selectorPrimaryFocus) => {
     getFocusable: getFocusable,
   };
 };
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @param {*} firstElement
+ * @param {*} modalRef
+ * @param {string | undefined} selectorPrimaryFocus
+ */
+export const claimFocus = (
+  firstElement,
+  modalRef,
+  selectorPrimaryFocus = undefined
+) => {
+  if (
+    selectorPrimaryFocus &&
+    getSpecificElement(modalRef?.current, selectorPrimaryFocus)
+  ) {
+    const specifiedEl = getSpecificElement(
+      modalRef?.current,
+      selectorPrimaryFocus
+    );
+
+    if (
+      specifiedEl &&
+      window?.getComputedStyle(specifiedEl)?.display !== 'none'
+    ) {
+      return specifiedEl.focus();
+    }
+  }
+
+  setTimeout(() => firstElement?.focus(), 0);
+};