diff --git a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
index d61d83bc66..b60d2418c9 100644
--- a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ JACKAudioBackend::_start (bool for_latency_measurement)
 int
 JACKAudioBackend::stop ()
 {
+	_running = false; // no 'engine halted message'.
 	GET_PRIVATE_JACK_POINTER_RET (_priv_jack, -1);
 	
 	_jack_connection->close ();