diff --git a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XPathQueryControl.cs b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XPathQueryControl.cs
index faab264056..2abc4a2675 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XPathQueryControl.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/DisplayBindings/XmlEditor/Project/Src/XPathQueryControl.cs
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XmlEditor
 			} catch (XmlException xmlEx) {
 				AddErrorResult(xmlEx);
 			} finally {
+				BringResultsTabToFront();
 				view.TextEditorControl.Refresh();
 			}
 		}
@@ -456,6 +457,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.XmlEditor
 			xPathResultsListView.Items.Clear();
 		}
 		
+		void BringResultsTabToFront()
+		{
+			tabControl.SelectedTab = tabControl.TabPages[0];
+		}
+		
 		void AddXPathResults(XPathNodeMatch[] nodes)
 		{
 			foreach (XPathNodeMatch node in nodes) {