diff --git a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_screen_types.h b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_screen_types.h
index dcdc9e417e4..d933e2cfdaa 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/include/ED_screen_types.h
+++ b/source/blender/editors/include/ED_screen_types.h
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@
 /* for animplayer */
 typedef struct ScreenAnimData {
 	ARegion *ar;		/* do not read from this, only for comparing if region exists */
-	int redraws;
-	int flag;			/* flags for playback */
+	short redraws;
+	short flag;			/* flags for playback */
+	int sfra;			/* frame that playback was started from */
 } ScreenAnimData;
 
 /* for animplayer */
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_edit.c b/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_edit.c
index acf5bcd739e..c158901c15d 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_edit.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_edit.c
@@ -1556,10 +1556,11 @@ void ED_screen_animation_timer(bContext *C, int redraws, int sync, int enable)
 	screen->animtimer= NULL;
 	
 	if(enable) {
-		struct ScreenAnimData *sad= MEM_callocN(sizeof(ScreenAnimData), "ScreenAnimData");
+		ScreenAnimData *sad= MEM_callocN(sizeof(ScreenAnimData), "ScreenAnimData");
 		
 		screen->animtimer= WM_event_add_timer(wm, win, TIMER0, (1.0/FPS));
 		sad->ar= CTX_wm_region(C);
+		sad->sfra = scene->r.cfra;
 		sad->redraws= redraws;
 		sad->flag |= (enable < 0)? ANIMPLAY_FLAG_REVERSE: 0;
 		sad->flag |= (sync == 0)? ANIMPLAY_FLAG_NO_SYNC: (sync == 1)? ANIMPLAY_FLAG_SYNC: 0;
diff --git a/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c b/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c
index 4712d1c5533..73ad07453c5 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/screen/screen_ops.c
@@ -2263,8 +2263,6 @@ static int screen_animation_step(bContext *C, wmOperator *op, wmEvent *event)
 		// TODO: this may make evaluation a bit slower if the value doesn't change... any way to avoid this?
 		wt->timestep= (1.0/FPS);
 		
-		//WM_event_add_notifier(C, NC_SCENE|ND_FRAME, scene);
-		
 		return OPERATOR_FINISHED;
 	}
 	return OPERATOR_PASS_THROUGH;
@@ -2292,6 +2290,7 @@ static int screen_animation_play(bContext *C, wmOperator *op, wmEvent *event)
 	bScreen *screen= CTX_wm_screen(C);
 	
 	if(screen->animtimer) {
+		/* stop playback now */
 		ED_screen_animation_timer(C, 0, 0, 0);
 		sound_stop_all(C);
 	}
@@ -2354,8 +2353,19 @@ static int screen_animation_cancel(bContext *C, wmOperator *op, wmEvent *event)
 {
 	bScreen *screen= CTX_wm_screen(C);
 	
-	if(screen->animtimer)
+	if(screen->animtimer) {
+		ScreenAnimData *sad= screen->animtimer->customdata;
+		Scene *scene= CTX_data_scene(C);
+		
+		/* reset current frame before stopping, and just send a notifier to deal with the rest 
+		 * (since playback still needs to be stopped)
+		 */
+		scene->r.cfra= sad->sfra;
+		WM_event_add_notifier(C, NC_SCENE|ND_FRAME, scene);
+		
+		/* call the other "toggling" operator to clean up now */
 		return screen_animation_play(C, op, event);
+	}
 	
 	return OPERATOR_PASS_THROUGH;
 }
@@ -2364,7 +2374,7 @@ static void SCREEN_OT_animation_cancel(wmOperatorType *ot)
 {
 	/* identifiers */
 	ot->name= "Cancel Animation";
-	ot->description= "Cancel animation.";
+	ot->description= "Cancel animation, returning to the original frame.";
 	ot->idname= "SCREEN_OT_animation_cancel";
 	
 	/* api callbacks */