diff --git a/src/ol/interaction/DragPan.js b/src/ol/interaction/DragPan.js
index cfcb9c1530..a1bbba97b9 100644
--- a/src/ol/interaction/DragPan.js
+++ b/src/ol/interaction/DragPan.js
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class DragPan extends PointerInteraction {
    * @inheritDoc
    */
   handleDragEvent(mapBrowserEvent) {
+    if (!this.panning_) {
+      this.panning_ = true;
+      this.getMap().getView().beginInteraction();
+    }
     const targetPointers = this.targetPointers;
     const centroid = centroidFromPointers(targetPointers);
     if (targetPointers.length == this.lastPointersCount_) {
@@ -149,10 +153,6 @@ class DragPan extends PointerInteraction {
       if (view.getAnimating()) {
         view.cancelAnimations();
       }
-      if (!this.panning_) {
-        this.panning_ = true;
-        this.getMap().getView().beginInteraction();
-      }
       if (this.kinetic_) {
         this.kinetic_.begin();
       }