diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_transport.cc b/libs/ardour/session_transport.cc
index 12e6255b2a..c2c8b28b20 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_transport.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_transport.cc
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ Session::realtime_stop (bool abort, bool clear_state)
 
 	if (_transport_speed < 0.0f) {
 		todo = (PostTransportWork (todo | PostTransportStop | PostTransportReverse));
+
+		cerr << "Stop with reverse speed\n";
+		_default_transport_speed = 1.0;
+
 	} else {
 		todo = PostTransportWork (todo | PostTransportStop);
 	}
@@ -258,16 +262,6 @@ Session::realtime_stop (bool abort, bool clear_state)
 
 	reset_slave_state ();
 
-	/* XXX hack alert - hot-fix when playing backwards and hitting zero.
-	 * This is probably not the right place for a long term solution of the issue.
-	 *
-	 * "hitting zero should just stop, and even if it didn't, pressing play should put the transport
-	 * into forward play speed regardless.  Nothing else makes sense." (oofus on #ardour, 20121230)
-	 */
-	if (_transport_frame == 0 && _transport_speed < 0 ) {
-			_default_transport_speed = 1.0;
-	}
-
 	_transport_speed = 0;
 	_target_transport_speed = 0;