diff --git a/libs/ardour/route.cc b/libs/ardour/route.cc
index 195bdf9c2a..3c0592ea50 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route.cc
@@ -6188,7 +6188,7 @@ Route::monitoring_state () const
 
 	bool const roll        = _session.transport_state_rolling ();
 	bool const auto_input  = _session.config.get_auto_input ();
-	bool const clip_rec    = _triggerbox && _triggerbox->record_enabled();
+	bool const clip_rec    = _triggerbox && _triggerbox->record_enabled() == Recording && !_session.get_record_enabled ();
 	bool const track_rec   = _disk_writer->record_enabled ();
 	bool session_rec;
 
@@ -6220,12 +6220,20 @@ Route::monitoring_state () const
 
 	if (track_rec || clip_rec) {
 
-		if (!clip_rec && (!session_rec && roll && auto_input)) {
+		/* either record to the timeline or into a clip */
+		assert (track_rec != clip_rec);
+
+		if (clip_rec) {
+			/* actively recording into a slot */
+			return get_input_monitoring_state (true, auto_input_does_talkback) & auto_monitor_mask;
+		}
+
+		if (!session_rec && roll && auto_input) {
 			return auto_monitor_disk | get_input_monitoring_state (false, false);
 		} else {
 			/* recording */
 			const samplecnt_t prtl = _session.preroll_record_trim_len ();
-			if (!clip_rec && session_rec && roll && prtl > 0 && _disk_writer->get_captured_samples () < prtl) {
+			if (session_rec && roll && prtl > 0 && _disk_writer->get_captured_samples () < prtl) {
 				/* CUE monitor during pre-roll */
 				return auto_monitor_disk | (get_input_monitoring_state (true, false) & auto_monitor_mask);
 			}