diff --git a/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp b/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp
index e72e024be8..8fa90af7ad 100644
--- a/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp
+++ b/src/game/shared/basecombatweapon_shared.cpp
@@ -2443,7 +2443,13 @@ bool CBaseCombatWeapon::SetIdealActivity( Activity ideal )
 	int nextSequence = FindTransitionSequence( GetSequence(), m_nIdealSequence, NULL );
 	
 	// Don't use transitions when we're deploying
+#ifdef NEO
+	// or reloading: the reload ends after the sequence's duration,
+	// so a transition played first (such as the Tachi's lowtoidle after a sprint) would cut the reload short
+	if ( ideal != ACT_VM_DRAW && ideal != ACT_VM_RELOAD && ideal != ACT_VM_RELOAD_EMPTY && IsWeaponVisible() && nextSequence != m_nIdealSequence )
+#else
 	if ( ideal != ACT_VM_DRAW && IsWeaponVisible() && nextSequence != m_nIdealSequence )
+#endif
 	{
 		//Set our activity to the next transitional animation
 		SetActivity( ACT_TRANSITION );