diff --git a/src/engine/controls/loopingcontrol.cpp b/src/engine/controls/loopingcontrol.cpp
index 3068c4492b77..19c506e086cf 100644
--- a/src/engine/controls/loopingcontrol.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/controls/loopingcontrol.cpp
@@ -5,11 +5,12 @@
 #include <QtDebug>
 
 #include "control/controlobject.h"
-#include "preferences/usersettings.h"
 #include "control/controlpushbutton.h"
-#include "engine/controls/loopingcontrol.h"
 #include "engine/controls/bpmcontrol.h"
 #include "engine/controls/enginecontrol.h"
+#include "engine/controls/loopingcontrol.h"
+#include "engine/enginebuffer.h"
+#include "preferences/usersettings.h"
 #include "util/compatibility.h"
 #include "util/math.h"
 #include "util/sample.h"
@@ -478,6 +479,11 @@ double LoopingControl::getSyncPositionInsideLoop(double dRequestedPlaypos, doubl
         // prevents jumping in front of the loop if loop is smaller than adjustment
         adjustment = fmod(adjustment, loopSize);
 
+        // if the synced position is exactly the start of the loop we would end up at the exact end
+        // as this would disable the loop in notifySeek() replace it with the start of the loop
+        if (adjustment == 0) {
+            return loopSamples.start;
+        }
         return loopSamples.end - adjustment;
     }
 
@@ -818,7 +824,7 @@ void LoopingControl::notifySeek(double dNewPlaypos) {
     if (m_bLoopingEnabled) {
         // Disable loop when we jumping out, or over a catching loop,
         // using hot cues or waveform overview.
-        // Do not jump out of a loop if we adjust a phase (lp1743010)
+        // Jumping to the exact end of a loop is considered jumping out.
         if (currentSample >= loopSamples.start &&
                 currentSample <= loopSamples.end &&
                 dNewPlaypos < loopSamples.start) {
@@ -826,8 +832,8 @@ void LoopingControl::notifySeek(double dNewPlaypos) {
             setLoopingEnabled(false);
         }
         if (currentSample <= loopSamples.end &&
-                dNewPlaypos > loopSamples.end) {
-            // jumping out a loop or over a catching loop forward
+                dNewPlaypos >= loopSamples.end) {
+            // jumping out or to the exact end of a loop or over a catching loop forward
             setLoopingEnabled(false);
         }
     }
@@ -1002,6 +1008,13 @@ void LoopingControl::updateBeatLoopingControls() {
 }
 
 void LoopingControl::slotBeatLoop(double beats, bool keepStartPoint, bool enable) {
+    // if a seek was queued in the engine buffer move the current sample to its position
+    double p_seekPosition = 0;
+    if (getEngineBuffer()->getQueuedSeekPosition(&p_seekPosition)) {
+        // seek position is already quantized if quantization is enabled
+        m_currentSample.setValue(p_seekPosition);
+    }
+
     double maxBeatSize = s_dBeatSizes[sizeof(s_dBeatSizes)/sizeof(s_dBeatSizes[0]) - 1];
     double minBeatSize = s_dBeatSizes[0];
     if (beats < 0) {
diff --git a/src/engine/enginebuffer.cpp b/src/engine/enginebuffer.cpp
index 030c150b7f47..2c10c3bfe8a4 100644
--- a/src/engine/enginebuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/enginebuffer.cpp
@@ -1125,7 +1125,8 @@ void EngineBuffer::processSeek(bool paused) {
     // call anyway again.
 
     SeekRequests seekType = static_cast<SeekRequest>(
-            m_iSeekQueued.fetchAndStoreRelease(SEEK_NONE));
+            m_iSeekQueued.loadAcquire());
+
     double position = m_queuedSeekPosition.getValue();
 
     // Don't allow the playposition to go past the end.
@@ -1169,6 +1170,7 @@ void EngineBuffer::processSeek(bool paused) {
     if (position != m_filepos_play) {
         setNewPlaypos(position);
     }
+    m_iSeekQueued.storeRelease(SEEK_NONE);
 }
 
 void EngineBuffer::postProcess(const int iBufferSize) {
@@ -1284,6 +1286,16 @@ bool EngineBuffer::isTrackLoaded() {
     return false;
 }
 
+bool EngineBuffer::getQueuedSeekPosition(double* pSeekPosition) {
+    bool isSeekQueued = m_iSeekQueued.loadAcquire() != SEEK_NONE;
+    if (isSeekQueued) {
+        *pSeekPosition = m_queuedSeekPosition.getValue();
+    } else {
+        *pSeekPosition = -1;
+    }
+    return isSeekQueued;
+}
+
 void EngineBuffer::slotEjectTrack(double v) {
     if (v > 0) {
         // Don't allow rejections while playing a track. We don't need to lock to
diff --git a/src/engine/enginebuffer.h b/src/engine/enginebuffer.h
index 6baaa85fa31e..46735d16fa11 100644
--- a/src/engine/enginebuffer.h
+++ b/src/engine/enginebuffer.h
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ class EngineBuffer : public EngineObject {
 
     QString getGroup();
     bool isTrackLoaded();
+    // return true if a seek is currently cueued but not yet processed, false otherwise
+    // if no seek was queued, the seek position is set to -1
+    bool getQueuedSeekPosition(double* pSeekPosition);
     TrackPointer getLoadedTrack() const;
 
     double getExactPlayPos();