diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
index 8b1bbef831..c27c5cf272 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor.cc
@@ -4537,6 +4537,7 @@ Editor::use_visual_state (VisualState& vs)
 
 	set_zoom_focus (vs.zoom_focus);
 	reposition_and_zoom (vs.leftmost_frame, vs.frames_per_unit);
+	zoomed_to_region = vs.zoomed_to_region;
 	
 	for (list<TAVState>::iterator i = vs.track_states.begin(); i != vs.track_states.end(); ++i) {
 		TrackViewList::iterator t;
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
index 952df81aab..283935af77 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/editor_ops.cc
@@ -1729,7 +1729,6 @@ Editor::temporal_zoom_region (bool both_axes)
 	nframes64_t end = 0;
 	RegionSelection rs; 
 	set<TimeAxisView*> tracks;
-	double top_y_position = DBL_MAX;
 
 	get_regions_for_action (rs);
 
@@ -1748,10 +1747,6 @@ Editor::temporal_zoom_region (bool both_axes)
 		}
 
 		tracks.insert (&((*i)->get_time_axis_view()));
-
-		if ((*i)->get_time_axis_view().y_position < top_y_position) {
-			top_y_position = (*i)->get_time_axis_view().y_position;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/* now comes an "interesting" hack ... make sure we leave a little space
@@ -1796,7 +1791,7 @@ Editor::temporal_zoom_region (bool both_axes)
 	temporal_zoom_by_frame (start, end, "zoom to region");
 
 	if (both_axes) {
-		uint32_t per_track_height = (uint32_t) floor ((canvas_height - 10.0) / tracks.size());
+		uint32_t per_track_height = (uint32_t) floor ((canvas_height - canvas_timebars_vsize - 10.0) / tracks.size());
 		
 		/* set visible track heights appropriately */
 		
@@ -1817,7 +1812,7 @@ Editor::temporal_zoom_region (bool both_axes)
 		no_route_list_redisplay = false;
 		redisplay_route_list ();
 
-		vertical_adjustment.set_value (std::max (top_y_position - 5.0, 0.0));
+		vertical_adjustment.set_value (0.0);
 		no_save_visual = false;
 	}