diff --git a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-touch.c b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-touch.c
index 221ba9b77..6593d7c87 100644
--- a/src/wayland/meta-wayland-touch.c
+++ b/src/wayland/meta-wayland-touch.c
@@ -541,6 +541,8 @@ meta_wayland_touch_disable (MetaWaylandTouch *touch)
     clutter_evdev_remove_filter (evdev_filter_func, touch);
 #endif
 
+  meta_wayland_touch_cancel (touch);
+
   g_clear_pointer (&touch->touch_surfaces, (GDestroyNotify) g_hash_table_unref);
   g_clear_pointer (&touch->touches, (GDestroyNotify) g_hash_table_unref);
 }