diff --git a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
index 31634ce004..72d3ff80a7 100644
--- a/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
+++ b/src/pretix/plugins/paypal2/payment.py
@@ -519,6 +519,20 @@ class PaypalMethod(BasePaymentProvider):
     def abort_pending_allowed(self):
         return False
 
+    def abort_pending_payment_allowed(self, payment):
+        if payment.info_data.get('create_time', False):
+            create_time = datetime.fromisoformat(payment.info_data['create_time'])
+            if datetime.now(tz=timezone.utc) - create_time > timedelta(minutes=30):
+                return True
+
+        if payment.info_data.get('status', None) == "APPROVED":
+            # PayPal has recorded the customer approval. But not further processed it.
+            # The payment state will probably change with the next webhook we will receive,
+            # but in this time we cannot allow the customer to trigger a second payment.
+            return False
+
+        return False
+
     def _create_paypal_order(self, request, payment=None, cart_total=None):
         self.init_api()
         kwargs = {}