diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/helpers/TestHelper.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/helpers/TestHelper.kt
index 71f7456690..52e9838f10 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/helpers/TestHelper.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/helpers/TestHelper.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ import android.net.Uri
 import android.os.Build
 import android.preference.PreferenceManager
 import androidx.test.espresso.Espresso.onView
+import androidx.test.espresso.ViewAction
+import androidx.test.espresso.action.CoordinatesProvider
+import androidx.test.espresso.action.GeneralClickAction
+import androidx.test.espresso.action.Press
+import androidx.test.espresso.action.Tap
 import androidx.test.espresso.action.ViewActions.longClick
 import androidx.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.withId
 import androidx.test.espresso.matcher.ViewMatchers.withText
@@ -89,4 +94,20 @@ object TestHelper {
             context.startActivity(intent)
         }
     }
+
+    fun sendSingleTapToScreen(x: Int, y: Int): ViewAction? {
+        return GeneralClickAction(
+            Tap.SINGLE,
+            CoordinatesProvider { view ->
+                val screenPos = IntArray(2)
+                view.getLocationOnScreen(screenPos)
+                val screenX = screenPos[0] + x.toFloat()
+                val screenY = screenPos[1] + y.toFloat()
+                floatArrayOf(screenX, screenY)
+            },
+            Press.FINGER,
+            0,
+            0
+        )
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt
index 094ddc7a9b..5e2aa903f6 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/TabbedBrowsingTest.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import org.junit.Test
 import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.AndroidAssetDispatcher
 import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.HomeActivityTestRule
 import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.TestAssetHelper
+import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.TestHelper.sendSingleTapToScreen
 import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.ext.waitNotNull
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.homeScreen
 import org.mozilla.fenix.ui.robots.navigationToolbar
@@ -267,7 +268,9 @@ class TabbedBrowsingTest {
         notificationShade {
             verifyPrivateTabsNotification()
         }.clickClosePrivateTabsNotification {
-            verifyPrivateSessionMessage()
+            // Tap an empty spot on the app homescreen to make sure it's into focus
+            sendSingleTapToScreen(20, 20)
+            verifyPrivateSessionMessage(visible = true)
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt
index 16d0521e31..227b2123a3 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/ui/robots/HomeScreenRobot.kt
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ const val PRIVATE_SESSION_MESSAGE =
             " else who uses this device."
 
 private fun assertPrivateSessionMessage(visible: Boolean) =
-    onView(allOf(withText(PRIVATE_SESSION_MESSAGE)))
+    onView(withId(R.id.private_session_description))
         .check(
             if (visible) matches(withEffectiveVisibility(Visibility.VISIBLE)) else doesNotExist()
         )