Index: /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/VBoxVMSettingsHD.cpp
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--- /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/VBoxVMSettingsHD.cpp	(revision 23580)
+++ /trunk/src/VBox/Frontends/VirtualBox/src/VBoxVMSettingsHD.cpp	(revision 23581)
@@ -1725,4 +1725,8 @@
         }
     }
+
+    /* Set the first controller as current if present */
+    if (mStorageModel->rowCount (mStorageModel->root()) > 0)
+        mTwStorageTree->setCurrentIndex (mStorageModel->index (0, 0, mStorageModel->root()));
 }