diff --git a/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.js b/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.js
index bb76a1052c..184726d35e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 var addComment = {
 	moveForm: function( commId, parentId, respondId, postId ) {
-		var div, element, node, style, cssHidden,
+		var div, element, style, cssHidden,
 			t           = this,
 			comm        = t.I( commId ),
 			respond     = t.I( respondId ),
@@ -47,40 +47,44 @@ var addComment = {
 			return false;
 		};
 
-		// Set initial focus to the first form focusable element.
+		/*
+		 * Set initial focus to the first form focusable element.
+		 * Try/catch used just to avoid errors in IE 7- which return visibility
+		 * 'inherit' when the visibility value is inherited from an ancestor.
+		 */
 		try {
 			for ( var i = 0; i < commentForm.elements.length; i++ ) {
 				element = commentForm.elements[i];
+				cssHidden = false;
 
-				// Skip form elements that are hidden or disabled.
-				if ( 'hidden' === element.type || element.hasAttribute( 'disabled' ) ) {
-					continue;
+				// Modern browsers.
+				if ( 'getComputedStyle' in window ) {
+					style = window.getComputedStyle( element );
+				// IE 8.
+				} else if ( document.documentElement.currentStyle ) {
+					style = element.currentStyle;
 				}
 
-				if ( 'getComputedStyle' in window ) {
-					node = element;
-					cssHidden = false;
+				/*
+				 * For display none, do the same thing jQuery does. For visibility,
+				 * check the element computed style since browsers are already doing
+				 * the job for us. In fact, the visibility computed style is the actual
+				 * computed value and already takes into account the element ancestors.
+				 */
+				if ( ( element.offsetWidth <= 0 && element.offsetHeight <= 0 ) || style.visibility === 'hidden' ) {
+					cssHidden = true;
+				}
 
-					while( node.parentNode ) {
-						style = window.getComputedStyle( node );
-
-						if ( style.display === 'none' || style.visibility === 'hidden' ) {
-							cssHidden = true;
-							break;
-						}
-
-						node = node.parentNode;
-					}
-
-					if ( cssHidden ) {
-						continue;
-					}
+				// Skip form elements that are hidden or disabled.
+				if ( 'hidden' === element.type || element.disabled || cssHidden ) {
+					continue;
 				}
 
 				element.focus();
 				// Stop after the first focusable element.
 				break;
 			}
+
 		} catch( er ) {}
 
 		return false;
diff --git a/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js b/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js
index 6c6c4593e3..4042143700 100644
--- a/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js
+++ b/wp-includes/js/comment-reply.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var addComment={moveForm:function(a,b,c,d){var e,f,g,h,i,j=this,k=j.I(a),l=j.I(c),m=j.I("cancel-comment-reply-link"),n=j.I("comment_parent"),o=j.I("comment_post_ID"),p=l.getElementsByTagName("form")[0];if(k&&l&&m&&n&&p){j.respondId=c,d=d||!1,j.I("wp-temp-form-div")||(e=document.createElement("div"),e.id="wp-temp-form-div",e.style.display="none",l.parentNode.insertBefore(e,l)),k.parentNode.insertBefore(l,k.nextSibling),o&&d&&(o.value=d),n.value=b,m.style.display="",m.onclick=function(){var a=addComment,b=a.I("wp-temp-form-div"),c=a.I(a.respondId);if(b&&c)return a.I("comment_parent").value="0",b.parentNode.insertBefore(c,b),b.parentNode.removeChild(b),this.style.display="none",this.onclick=null,!1};try{for(var q=0;q<p.elements.length;q++)if(f=p.elements[q],"hidden"!==f.type&&!f.hasAttribute("disabled")){if("getComputedStyle"in window){for(g=f,i=!1;g.parentNode;){if(h=window.getComputedStyle(g),"none"===h.display||"hidden"===h.visibility){i=!0;break}g=g.parentNode}if(i)continue}f.focus();break}}catch(r){}return!1}},I:function(a){return document.getElementById(a)}};
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+var addComment={moveForm:function(a,b,c,d){var e,f,g,h,i=this,j=i.I(a),k=i.I(c),l=i.I("cancel-comment-reply-link"),m=i.I("comment_parent"),n=i.I("comment_post_ID"),o=k.getElementsByTagName("form")[0];if(j&&k&&l&&m&&o){i.respondId=c,d=d||!1,i.I("wp-temp-form-div")||(e=document.createElement("div"),e.id="wp-temp-form-div",e.style.display="none",k.parentNode.insertBefore(e,k)),j.parentNode.insertBefore(k,j.nextSibling),n&&d&&(n.value=d),m.value=b,l.style.display="",l.onclick=function(){var a=addComment,b=a.I("wp-temp-form-div"),c=a.I(a.respondId);if(b&&c)return a.I("comment_parent").value="0",b.parentNode.insertBefore(c,b),b.parentNode.removeChild(b),this.style.display="none",this.onclick=null,!1};try{for(var p=0;p<o.elements.length;p++)if(f=o.elements[p],h=!1,"getComputedStyle"in window?g=window.getComputedStyle(f):document.documentElement.currentStyle&&(g=f.currentStyle),(f.offsetWidth<=0&&f.offsetHeight<=0||"hidden"===g.visibility)&&(h=!0),"hidden"!==f.type&&!f.disabled&&!h){f.focus();break}}catch(q){}return!1}},I:function(a){return document.getElementById(a)}};
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diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 0c13b2453c..a53b4a33ef 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-beta4-35674';
+$wp_version = '4.4-beta4-35675';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.