diff --git a/src/input/touch/mod.rs b/src/input/touch/mod.rs
index 0360263..f64781f 100644
--- a/src/input/touch/mod.rs
+++ b/src/input/touch/mod.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ impl<A: App> TouchHandler for AppData<A>
 		let pos = self.surface( focus ).to_physical( position.0, position.1 );
 		self.pointer_pos = pos;
 
+		// Compositor re-grab after the origin surface died mid-drag: this
+		// slot is already our primary and the drag state was migrated here,
+		// so treat the redundant `down` as a continuation, not a restart.
+		if self.surface( focus ).primary_touch_id == Some( id )
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+
 		// Auxiliary slot path: a second (or third…) finger arriving
 		// while another finger already drives the primary slot stays
 		// out of the single-slot gesture machine entirely. The app