diff --git a/App/app/app.c b/App/app/app.c
index b26f59bd..92774366 100644
--- a/App/app/app.c
+++ b/App/app/app.c
@@ -1245,9 +1245,11 @@ void APP_Update(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_VOICE
-    if (!SCANNER_IsScanning() && gScanStateDir != SCAN_OFF && gScheduleScanListen && !gPttIsPressed && gVoiceWriteIndex == 0)
+    if (!SCANNER_IsScanning() && gScanStateDir != SCAN_OFF && gScheduleScanListen && !gPttIsPressed && gVoiceWriteIndex == 0
+        && !UI_MAIN_ShouldHoldScanResume())
 #else
-    if (!SCANNER_IsScanning() && gScanStateDir != SCAN_OFF && gScheduleScanListen && !gPttIsPressed)
+    if (!SCANNER_IsScanning() && gScanStateDir != SCAN_OFF && gScheduleScanListen && !gPttIsPressed
+        && !UI_MAIN_ShouldHoldScanResume())
 #endif
     {   // scanning
         CHFRSCANNER_ContinueScanning();
diff --git a/App/ui/main.c b/App/ui/main.c
index 66b1204c..72f6e881 100644
--- a/App/ui/main.c
+++ b/App/ui/main.c
@@ -240,6 +240,20 @@ void UI_MAIN_NotifyScanListChanged(void)
     gUpdateDisplay = true;
 }
 
+// True while the "SCAN LIST xxx" name actually occupies the screen. Used to
+// freeze the scan so it does not race ahead of the (hidden) progress gauge,
+// which would make the bar snap forward when it reappears.
+//
+// The IS_MR_CHANNEL() test mirrors show_memory in UI_DrawScanProgress(): the
+// name is only ever drawn during a memory (channel) scan. A frequency/range
+// scan can still arm the countdown (F + UP/DOWN cycles lists on any scan), but
+// no name is shown there, so it must NOT be held - otherwise the scanner would
+// stall ~2 s with nothing on screen to explain the pause.
+bool UI_MAIN_ShouldHoldScanResume(void)
+{
+    return gScanListNameCountdown_500ms > 0 && IS_MR_CHANNEL(gNextMrChannel);
+}
+
 static inline void ScanProgress_SetBit(uint8_t *map, uint16_t ch)
 {
     map[ch >> 3] |= (uint8_t)(1u << (ch & 7));
diff --git a/App/ui/main.h b/App/ui/main.h
index 777b26f1..db839d06 100644
--- a/App/ui/main.h
+++ b/App/ui/main.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #define UI_MAIN_H
 
 #include <stdint.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 enum center_line_t {
     CENTER_LINE_NONE = 0,
@@ -56,9 +57,11 @@ void UI_DisplayMain(void);
 #ifdef ENABLE_FEAT_F4HWN_SCAN_PROGRESS
 void UI_MAIN_NotifyScanProgressDataChanged(void);
 void UI_MAIN_NotifyScanListChanged(void);
+bool UI_MAIN_ShouldHoldScanResume(void);
 #else
 static inline void UI_MAIN_NotifyScanProgressDataChanged(void) {}
 static inline void UI_MAIN_NotifyScanListChanged(void) {}
+static inline bool UI_MAIN_ShouldHoldScanResume(void) { return false; }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_AGC_SHOW_DATA