diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
index 85cb1a8c58..01714d143b 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ from django import forms
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.cache import cache
+from django.db import transaction
 from django.http import HttpRequest
 from django.template.loader import get_template
 from django.templatetags.static import static
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ from pretix.base.models import Event, Order, OrderPayment, OrderRefund, Quota
 from pretix.base.payment import BasePaymentProvider, PaymentException
 from pretix.base.services.mail import SendMailException
 from pretix.base.settings import SettingsSandbox
+from pretix.helpers import OF_SELF
 from pretix.helpers.urls import build_absolute_uri as build_global_uri
 from pretix.multidomain.urlreverse import build_absolute_uri, eventreverse
 from pretix.plugins.paypal2.client.core.environment import (
@@ -585,6 +587,9 @@ class PaypalMethod(BasePaymentProvider):
                 },
             })
             response = self.client.execute(paymentreq)
+
+            if payment:
+                ReferencedPayPalObject.objects.get_or_create(order=payment.order, payment=payment, reference=response.result.id)
         except IOError as e:
             if "RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND" in str(e):
                 messages.error(request, _('Your payment has failed due to a known issue within PayPal. Please try '
@@ -617,7 +622,13 @@ class PaypalMethod(BasePaymentProvider):
         }
         return template.render(ctx)
 
+    @transaction.atomic
     def execute_payment(self, request: HttpRequest, payment: OrderPayment):
+        payment = OrderPayment.objects.select_for_update(of=OF_SELF).get(pk=payment.pk)
+        if payment.state == OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_CONFIRMED:
+            logger.warning('payment is already confirmed; possible return-view/webhook race-condition')
+            return
+
         try:
             if request.session.get('payment_paypal_oid', '') == '':
                 raise PaymentException(_('We were unable to process your payment. See below for details on how to '
diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py
index e92226b234..2245d82b80 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/views.py
@@ -477,29 +477,35 @@ def webhook(request, *args, **kwargs):
                     amount=payment.amount - known_sum
                 )
     elif payment.state in (OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_PENDING, OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_CREATED,
-                           OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_CANCELED, OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_FAILED) \
-            and sale['status'] == 'COMPLETED':
-        any_captures = False
-        all_captures_completed = True
-        for purchaseunit in sale['purchase_units']:
-            for capture in purchaseunit['payments']['captures']:
-                try:
-                    ReferencedPayPalObject.objects.get_or_create(order=payment.order, payment=payment,
-                                                                 reference=capture['id'])
-                except ReferencedPayPalObject.MultipleObjectsReturned:
-                    pass
+                           OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_CANCELED, OrderPayment.PAYMENT_STATE_FAILED):
+        if sale['status'] == 'COMPLETED':
+            any_captures = False
+            all_captures_completed = True
+            for purchaseunit in sale['purchase_units']:
+                for capture in purchaseunit['payments']['captures']:
+                    try:
+                        ReferencedPayPalObject.objects.get_or_create(order=payment.order, payment=payment,
+                                                                     reference=capture['id'])
+                    except ReferencedPayPalObject.MultipleObjectsReturned:
+                        pass
 
-                if capture['status'] not in ('COMPLETED', 'REFUNDED', 'PARTIALLY_REFUNDED'):
-                    all_captures_completed = False
-                else:
-                    any_captures = True
-        if any_captures and all_captures_completed:
+                    if capture['status'] not in ('COMPLETED', 'REFUNDED', 'PARTIALLY_REFUNDED'):
+                        all_captures_completed = False
+                    else:
+                        any_captures = True
+            if any_captures and all_captures_completed:
+                try:
+                    payment.info = json.dumps(sale.dict())
+                    payment.save(update_fields=['info'])
+                    payment.confirm()
+                except Quota.QuotaExceededException:
+                    pass
+        elif sale['status'] == 'APPROVED':
+            request.session['payment_paypal_oid'] = payment.info_data['id']
             try:
-                payment.info = json.dumps(sale.dict())
-                payment.save(update_fields=['info'])
-                payment.confirm()
-            except Quota.QuotaExceededException:
-                pass
+                payment.payment_provider.execute_payment(request, payment)
+            except PaymentException as e:
+                logger.exception('PayPal2 - Could not capture/execute_payment from Webhook: {}'.format(str(e)))
 
     return HttpResponse(status=200)