diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
index 87318f66..9a12fa26 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/com/fabledsword/minstrel/player/PlayerController.kt
@@ -525,7 +525,11 @@ class PlayerController @Inject constructor(
         val newPos = effectivePosition.coerceAtLeast(0)
         val newDur = effectiveDuration(upnpActive, remoteState.durationMs, controller.duration)
         val newBuf = controller.bufferedPosition.coerceAtLeast(0)
-        val trackChanged = desiredIdx != current.queueIndex && desiredIdx in queueRefs.indices
+        // Forward-only. If desiredIdx < queueIndex, the user just pressed Next
+        // and Sonos's poll hasn't caught up yet -- walking backward would undo
+        // their press (logcat 2026-06-04 showed exactly that jump-back-then-
+        // forward cycle). Mirrors maybeSyncLocalCursor's forward-only policy.
+        val trackChanged = desiredIdx > current.queueIndex && desiredIdx in queueRefs.indices
         val somethingChanged = trackChanged ||
             current.isPlaying != effectiveIsPlaying ||
             current.positionMs != newPos ||