diff --git a/src/fw/services/touch/touch.c b/src/fw/services/touch/touch.c
index 637626deb7..b3d6950888 100644
--- a/src/fw/services/touch/touch.c
+++ b/src/fw/services/touch/touch.c
@@ -63,19 +63,22 @@ static void prv_add_subscriber_cb(PebbleTask task) {
 static void prv_remove_subscriber_cb(PebbleTask task) {
   mutex_lock(s_touch_mutex);
   PBL_ASSERTN(s_subscriber_count > 0);
-  if (--s_subscriber_count == 0 && s_globally_enabled) {
+  const bool was_last_subscriber = (--s_subscriber_count == 0);
+  if (was_last_subscriber && s_globally_enabled) {
     touch_sensor_set_enabled(false);
   }
-  // An app whose shared touch subscription disappears (task exit, or both
-  // slots emptied) cannot have a live raw handler or nav dispatcher anymore;
-  // drop its raw-slot mark and the app-nav-active flag so a crashed app cannot
-  // leak backlight-follow behavior.
+  // An app whose shared touch subscription disappears (task exit, or both slots emptied) cannot have a live raw handler or nav dispatcher anymore; drop its raw-slot mark and the app-nav-active flag so a crashed app cannot leak backlight-follow behavior.
   if (task == PebbleTask_App) {
     s_raw_subscriber_tasks &= (uint8_t)~(1u << task);
     s_app_nav_active = false;
   }
   PBL_LOG_DBG("Touch: subscriber removed, count=%" PRIu8, s_subscriber_count);
   mutex_unlock(s_touch_mutex);
+
+  if (was_last_subscriber) {
+    // A finger down when the last subscriber goes away never gets a Liftoff otherwise (the sensor stops reporting), so the backlight hold counter stays pinned. Same teardown the global toggle performs.
+    touch_release_active();
+  }
 }
 
 void touch_init(void) {
diff --git a/tests/fw/services/test_touch.c b/tests/fw/services/test_touch.c
index eae9b16926..a7c47c20e9 100644
--- a/tests/fw/services/test_touch.c
+++ b/tests/fw/services/test_touch.c
@@ -591,6 +591,26 @@ void test_touch__reset_mid_gesture_refuses_continuation(void) {
   touch_handle_injected_update(TouchInjectPhase_End, 50, 60);
 }
 
+void test_touch__last_unsubscribe_with_finger_down_emits_liftoff(void) {
+  // Finger down, then the last subscriber goes away: the sensor powers down mid-gesture, so a Liftoff must be synthesized with the last coordinates (not zeros) or the backlight hold taken by the Touchdown never unwinds — the same teardown the global toggle performs.
+  s_add_subscriber_cb(PebbleTask_App);
+  touch_handle_update(TouchState_FingerDown, 30, 40);
+  fake_event_reset_count();
+
+  s_remove_subscriber_cb(PebbleTask_App);
+  cl_assert_equal_i(fake_event_get_count(), 1);
+  prv_assert_touch_event(TouchEvent_Liftoff, 30, 40);
+}
+
+void test_touch__last_unsubscribe_without_finger_no_liftoff(void) {
+  // No finger down: the last subscriber leaving must not fabricate a Liftoff.
+  s_add_subscriber_cb(PebbleTask_App);
+  fake_event_reset_count();
+
+  s_remove_subscriber_cb(PebbleTask_App);
+  cl_assert_equal_i(fake_event_get_count(), 0);
+}
+
 void test_touch__event_abi_unchanged(void) {
   // non_navigational rides in the padding after type:8; x/y offsets and the
   // overall size must not move, keeping the SDK struct app-compatible.