diff --git a/ArduPlane/landing.pde b/ArduPlane/landing.pde
index fd124ea412..59c364fe01 100644
--- a/ArduPlane/landing.pde
+++ b/ArduPlane/landing.pde
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ static bool verify_land()
     // low pass the sink rate to take some of the noise out
     auto_state.land_sink_rate = 0.8f * auto_state.land_sink_rate + 0.2f*sink_rate;
     
-    /* Set land_complete (which starts the flare) under 2 conditions:
+    /* Set land_complete (which starts the flare) under 3 conditions:
        1) we are within LAND_FLARE_ALT meters of the landing altitude
        2) we are within LAND_FLARE_SEC of the landing point vertically
           by the calculated sink rate
+       3) we have gone past the landing point (to prevent us keeping
+          throttle on after landing if we've had positive baro drift)
     */
     if (height <= g.land_flare_alt ||
-        height <= -auto_state.land_sink_rate * g.land_flare_sec) {
+        height <= -auto_state.land_sink_rate * g.land_flare_sec ||
+        location_passed_point(current_loc, prev_WP_loc, next_WP_loc)) {
 
         if (!auto_state.land_complete) {
             gcs_send_text_fmt(PSTR("Flare %.1fm sink=%.2f speed=%.1f"),