diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc
index ddba45b73f..a1a65750d1 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/route_ui.cc
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ RouteUI::mute_press (GdkEventButton* ev)
 					}
 
 					DisplaySuspender ds;
-					_session->set_mute (rl, !_route->muted(), Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::WholeGroup);
+					_session->set_mute (rl, !_route->muted(), Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::InverseGroup);
 				}
 
 			} else {
@@ -620,9 +620,9 @@ RouteUI::solo_press(GdkEventButton* ev)
 
 					DisplaySuspender ds;
 					if (Config->get_solo_control_is_listen_control()) {
-						_session->set_listen (rl, !_route->listening_via_monitor(),  Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::WholeGroup);
+						_session->set_listen (rl, !_route->listening_via_monitor(),  Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::InverseGroup);
 					} else {
-						_session->set_solo (rl, !_route->self_soloed(),  Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::WholeGroup);
+						_session->set_solo (rl, !_route->self_soloed(),  Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::InverseGroup);
 					}
 				}
 
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ RouteUI::rec_enable_press(GdkEventButton* ev)
 				}
 
 				DisplaySuspender ds;
-				_session->set_record_enabled (rl, !_route->record_enabled(), Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::WholeGroup);
+				_session->set_record_enabled (rl, !_route->record_enabled(), Session::rt_cleanup, Controllable::InverseGroup);
 			}
 
 		} else if (Keyboard::is_context_menu_event (ev)) {
diff --git a/libs/ardour/route_group_member.cc b/libs/ardour/route_group_member.cc
index 6ab2ade21e..d0701f57da 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/route_group_member.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/route_group_member.cc
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ bool
 RouteGroupMember::use_group (PBD::Controllable::GroupControlDisposition gcd, bool (RouteGroup::*predicate)(void) const) const
 {
 	return (gcd != PBD::Controllable::NoGroup) &&
-		(_route_group &&
-		 ((gcd == PBD::Controllable::WholeGroup) ||
-		  (_route_group->is_active() && (_route_group->*predicate)())));
+		_route_group &&
+		(_route_group->*predicate)() &&
+		(((_route_group->is_active()) && (gcd != PBD::Controllable::InverseGroup)) ||
+		 ((!_route_group->is_active()) && (gcd == PBD::Controllable::InverseGroup)));
 }
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 70a62e5b75..6c25270421 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -3673,7 +3673,7 @@ Session::route_solo_changed (bool self_solo_change, Controllable::GroupControlDi
 	 * The first argument to the signal that this method is connected to is the
 	 * GroupControlDisposition value that was used to change solo.
 	 *
-	 * If the solo change was done with group semantics (either WholeGroup
+	 * If the solo change was done with group semantics (either InverseGroup
 	 * (force the entire group to change even if the group shared solo is
 	 * disabled) or UseGroup (use the group, which may or may not have the
 	 * shared solo property enabled)) then as we propagate the change to
diff --git a/libs/pbd/enums.cc b/libs/pbd/enums.cc
index 5e68824bac..e8bb80742d 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/enums.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/enums.cc
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ setup_libpbd_enums ()
 	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Controllable, GainLike);
 	REGISTER (controllable_flags);
 
-	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Controllable, WholeGroup);
+	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Controllable, InverseGroup);
 	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Controllable, UseGroup);
 	REGISTER_CLASS_ENUM (Controllable, NoGroup);
 	REGISTER (controllable_group_disposition);
diff --git a/libs/pbd/pbd/controllable.h b/libs/pbd/pbd/controllable.h
index 727153a277..51c9c64be1 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/pbd/controllable.h
+++ b/libs/pbd/pbd/controllable.h
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class LIBPBD_API Controllable : public PBD::StatefulDestructible {
 	 */
 
 	enum GroupControlDisposition {
-		WholeGroup,  /* set all controls in the same "group" as this one */
+		InverseGroup,  /* set all controls in the same "group" as this one */
 		NoGroup,     /* set only this control */
 		UseGroup     /* use group settings to decide which group controls are altered */
 	};