Is the dehomogenisation of smooth homogeneous polynomial smooth?

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If $F\in\mathbb{C}[x_{1},\ldots,x_{n+1}]$ is a smooth homogeneous polynomial, is it true that the dehomogenisation $F(x_{1},\ldots ,x_{n},1)\in\mathbb{C}[x_{1},\ldots,x_{n}]$ is also smooth?

Smooth in this context meaning non-singular.

I know that the converse is false; i.e. if we consider a smooth polynomial $f$ then its homogenisation is not always smooth.