diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas.cc
index f24ecf7718..03637ec7f6 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_canvas.cc
@@ -1030,6 +1030,7 @@ Editor::pop_canvas_cursor ()
 			/* Popped to an existing cursor, we're done.  Otherwise, the
 			   context that created this cursor has been destroyed, so we need
 			   to skip to the next down the stack. */
+			set_canvas_cursor (_cursor_stack.back());
 			return;
 		}
 	}