diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 7d1c0bcc6..90e9dabc7 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - VFS: Fix reading multiple files from a 7z archive
  - GBA: Fix filehandle leak with savegames
  - GBA: Timer 0 cannot be count up
+ - Qt: Fix being unable to pause manually when using auto-pausing
 Misc:
  - 3DS: Use blip_add_delta_fast for a small speed improvement
  - OpenGL: Log shader compilation failure
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index 41ae3ce7e..b1559974d 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -1530,6 +1530,7 @@ void Window::focusCheck() {
 	}
 	if (QGuiApplication::focusWindow() && m_autoresume) {
 		m_controller->setPaused(false);
+		m_autoresume = false;
 	} else if (!QGuiApplication::focusWindow() && !m_controller->isPaused()) {
 		m_autoresume = true;
 		m_controller->setPaused(true);