diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt
index 9a2b4d4610..f8641032b8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerPageHolder.kt
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
             if (isReady) {
                 landscapeZoom(forward)
             } else {
+                forward ?: return@apply
                 setOnImageEventListener(
                     object : SubsamplingScaleImageView.DefaultOnImageEventListener() {
                         override fun onReady() {
@@ -669,7 +670,12 @@ class PagerPageHolder(
                     }
                     override fun onReady() {
                         setupZoom()
-                        if (isVisibleOnScreen()) landscapeZoom(true)
+                        if (viewer.heldForwardZoom?.first == page.index) {
+                            landscapeZoom(viewer.heldForwardZoom?.second)
+                            viewer.heldForwardZoom = null
+                        } else if (isVisibleOnScreen()) {
+                            landscapeZoom(true)
+                        }
                         onImageDecoded()
                     }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerViewer.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerViewer.kt
index de8c32860d..97af56b81a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerViewer.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/viewer/pager/PagerViewer.kt
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ abstract class PagerViewer(val activity: ReaderActivity) : BaseViewer {
             }
         }
 
+    /**
+     * Variable used to hold the forward pos for reader activity shared transitions
+     * Without this var landscapezoom wont work with activity transitions
+     * */
+    var heldForwardZoom: Pair<Int, Boolean>? = null
+
     private var pagerListener = object : ViewPager.SimpleOnPageChangeListener() {
         override fun onPageSelected(position: Int) {
             onPageChange(position)
@@ -176,7 +182,7 @@ abstract class PagerViewer(val activity: ReaderActivity) : BaseViewer {
                         (currentPage as ChapterTransition).from == pageF.chapter
                     currentPage is ChapterTransition.Next && pageF is ReaderPage ->
                         (currentPage as ChapterTransition).to == pageF.chapter
-                    else -> (pageF as? ReaderPage)?.index != 0
+                    else -> true
                 }
             currentPage = pageF
             when (pageF) {
@@ -215,8 +221,12 @@ abstract class PagerViewer(val activity: ReaderActivity) : BaseViewer {
         activity.onPageSelected(page, hasExtraPage)
 
         // Notify holder of page change
-        getPageHolder(page)?.onPageSelected(forward)
-
+        val holder = getPageHolder(page)
+        if (holder == null && forward != null && heldForwardZoom == null) {
+            heldForwardZoom = page.index to forward
+        } else {
+            holder?.onPageSelected(forward)
+        }
         val offset = if (hasExtraPage) 1 else 0
         val pages = page.chapter.pages ?: return
         if (hasExtraPage) {