diff --git a/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp b/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp
index c9fe5569e694..d8ac39c31b00 100644
--- a/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/touchscreengui.cpp
@@ -1091,6 +1091,15 @@ void TouchScreenGUI::applyContextControls(const TouchInteractionMode &mode)
 
 	u64 now = porting::getTimeMs();
 
+	// If the meanings of short and long taps have been swapped, abort any ongoing
+	// short taps because they would do something else than the player expected.
+	// Long taps don't need this, they're adjusted to the swapped meanings instead.
+	if (mode != m_last_mode) {
+		m_dig_pressed_until = 0;
+		m_place_pressed_until = 0;
+	}
+	m_last_mode = mode;
+
 	switch (m_tap_state) {
 	case TapState::ShortTap:
 		if (mode == SHORT_DIG_LONG_PLACE) {
diff --git a/src/gui/touchscreengui.h b/src/gui/touchscreengui.h
index 2e48a71cf325..661f70f10ad1 100644
--- a/src/gui/touchscreengui.h
+++ b/src/gui/touchscreengui.h
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ class TouchScreenGUI
 
 	v2s32 getPointerPos();
 	void emitMouseEvent(EMOUSE_INPUT_EVENT type);
+	TouchInteractionMode m_last_mode = TouchInteractionMode_END;
 	TapState m_tap_state = TapState::None;
 
 	bool m_dig_pressed = false;