diff --git a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
index 7f92152cf7..ff76486bad 100644
--- a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ JACKAudioBackend::freewheel (bool onoff)
 	}
 
 	if (jack_set_freewheel (_priv_jack, onoff) == 0) {
-		_freewheeling = true;
+		_freewheeling = onoff;
 		return 0;
 	}