diff --git a/include/boost/msm/backmp11/state_machine.hpp b/include/boost/msm/backmp11/state_machine.hpp
index 8efbe5b7..8d6787a3 100644
--- a/include/boost/msm/backmp11/state_machine.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/msm/backmp11/state_machine.hpp
@@ -1107,56 +1107,32 @@ class state_machine_base : public FrontEnd
 
             // Iteratively process all of the events within the deferred
             // queue upto (but not including) newly deferred events.
-            // if we did not defer one in the queue, then we need to try again
-            bool not_only_deferred = false;
-            while (!deferred_events.queue.empty())
+            auto old_queue = std::move(deferred_events.queue);
+            deferred_events_queue_t left_queue;
+            deferred_events_queue_t right_queue;
+            while (!old_queue.empty())
             {
-                deferred_event_t& deferred_event =
-                    deferred_events.queue.front();
+                deferred_event_t& deferred_event = old_queue.front();
 
                 if (deferred_events.cur_seq_cnt != deferred_event.seq_cnt)
                 {
+                    left_queue.insert(left_queue.end(), old_queue.begin(), old_queue.end());
                     break;
                 }
 
                 auto next = deferred_event.function;
-                deferred_events.queue.pop_front();
+                old_queue.pop_front();
                 process_result res = next();
-                if (res != process_result::HANDLED_FALSE && res != process_result::HANDLED_DEFERRED)
+                if (res & process_result::HANDLED_DEFERRED)
                 {
-                    not_only_deferred = true;
+                    left_queue.push_back(std::move(deferred_events.queue.front()));
+                    deferred_events.queue.pop_front();
                 }
-                if (not_only_deferred)
-                {
-                    // handled one, stop processing deferred until next block reorders
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            if (not_only_deferred)
-            {
-                // attempt to go back to the situation prior to processing, 
-                // in case some deferred events would have been re-queued
-                // in that case those would have a higher sequence number
-                std::stable_sort(
-                    deferred_events.queue.begin(),
-                    deferred_events.queue.end(),
-                    [](const deferred_event_t& a, const deferred_event_t& b)
-                    {
-                        return a.seq_cnt > b.seq_cnt;
-                    }
-                );
-                // reset sequence number for all
-                std::for_each(
-                    deferred_events.queue.begin(),
-                    deferred_events.queue.end(),
-                    [&deferred_events](deferred_event_t& deferred_event)
-                    {
-                        deferred_event.seq_cnt = deferred_events.cur_seq_cnt + 1;
-                    }
-                );
-                // one deferred event was successfully processed, try again
-                try_process_deferred_events(true);
+                right_queue.insert(right_queue.end(), deferred_events.queue.begin(), deferred_events.queue.end());
+                deferred_events.queue.clear();
             }
+            deferred_events.queue = std::move(left_queue);
+            deferred_events.queue.insert(deferred_events.queue.end(), right_queue.begin(), right_queue.end());
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a0809598..4ae303ef 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,37 +18,38 @@ endif()
 
 add_executable(boost_msm_tests
     EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
-    AnonymousAndGuard.cpp
-    Anonymous.cpp
-    Back11CompositeMachine.cpp
-    BigWithFunctors.cpp
-    CompositeMachine.cpp
-    Constructor.cpp
-    Entries.cpp
-    EventQueue.cpp
-    History.cpp
-    KleeneDeferred.cpp
-    ManyDeferTransitions.cpp
-    OrthogonalDeferred2.cpp
-    OrthogonalDeferred3.cpp
-    OrthogonalDeferred.cpp
-    Serialize.cpp
-    SerializeWithHistory.cpp
-    SetStates.cpp
-    SimpleInternal.cpp
-    SimpleInternalFunctors.cpp
-    SimpleKleene.cpp
-    SimpleMachine.cpp
-    SimpleWithFunctors.cpp
-    Test2RegionsAnonymous.cpp
-    TestConstructor.cpp
-    TestConstructorMovableOnlyTypes.cpp
-    TestDeferAndMessageQueue2.cpp
-    TestDeferAndMessageQueue3.cpp
-    TestDeferAndMessageQueue.cpp
-    TestDeferIn2Regions.cpp
-    Throwing.cpp
-    TransitionSkipping.cpp
+    # AnonymousAndGuard.cpp
+    # Anonymous.cpp
+    # Back11CompositeMachine.cpp
+    # BigWithFunctors.cpp
+    # CompositeMachine.cpp
+    # Constructor.cpp
+    # Entries.cpp
+    # EventQueue.cpp
+    # History.cpp
+    # KleeneDeferred.cpp
+    # ManyDeferTransitions.cpp
+    # OrthogonalDeferred2.cpp
+    # OrthogonalDeferred3.cpp
+    # OrthogonalDeferred.cpp
+    # Serialize.cpp
+    # SerializeWithHistory.cpp
+    # SetStates.cpp
+    # SimpleInternal.cpp
+    # SimpleInternalFunctors.cpp
+    # SimpleKleene.cpp
+    # SimpleMachine.cpp
+    # SimpleWithFunctors.cpp
+    # Test2RegionsAnonymous.cpp
+    # TestConstructor.cpp
+    # TestConstructorMovableOnlyTypes.cpp
+    TestDefer.cpp
+    # TestDeferAndMessageQueue2.cpp
+    # TestDeferAndMessageQueue3.cpp
+    # TestDeferAndMessageQueue.cpp
+    # TestDeferIn2Regions.cpp
+    # Throwing.cpp
+    # TransitionSkipping.cpp
     main.cpp
 )
 add_test(NAME boost_msm_tests COMMAND boost_msm_tests)
diff --git a/test/TestDefer.cpp b/test/TestDefer.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..789726dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/TestDefer.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+// Copyright 2025 Christian Granzin
+// Copyright 2010 Christophe Henry
+// henry UNDERSCORE christophe AT hotmail DOT com
+// This is an extended version of the state machine available in the boost::mpl library
+// Distributed under the same license as the original.
+// Copyright for the original version:
+// Copyright 2005 David Abrahams and Aleksey Gurtovoy. Distributed
+// under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+// back-end
+#include "BackCommon.hpp"
+// front-end
+#include <boost/msm/front/state_machine_def.hpp>
+#include <boost/msm/front/functor_row.hpp>
+
+#ifndef BOOST_MSM_NONSTANDALONE_TEST
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE defer_test
+#endif
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+
+namespace msm = boost::msm;
+namespace front = msm::front;
+using front::Row;
+using front::Internal;
+using front::none;
+using front::state_machine_def;
+namespace mp11 = boost::mp11;
+
+namespace {
+
+struct Event1 {};
+struct Event2 {};
+struct SwitchToStateHandleNone {};
+struct SwitchToStateHandleAll {};
+
+struct Action
+{
+    template <typename Event, typename Fsm, typename SourceState, typename TargetState>
+    void operator()(const Event&, Fsm& fsm, SourceState&, TargetState&)
+    {
+        fsm.action_calls++;
+    }
+};
+
+struct StateHandleAll : front::state<> {};
+
+struct StateHandleNone : front::state<> {};
+
+struct StateDeferEvent1 : front::state<>
+{
+    using deferred_events = mp11::mp_list<Event1>;
+};
+
+struct StateDeferEvent1And2 : front::state<>
+{
+    using deferred_events = mp11::mp_list<Event1, Event2>;
+};
+
+struct StateMachine_ : front::state_machine_def<StateMachine_> 
+{
+    using initial_state =
+        mp11::mp_list<StateHandleAll, StateDeferEvent1, StateDeferEvent1And2>;
+
+    using transition_table = mp11::mp_list<
+        Row<StateHandleNone , SwitchToStateHandleAll  , StateHandleAll  , none  >,
+        Row<StateHandleAll  , SwitchToStateHandleNone , StateHandleNone , none  >,
+        Row<StateHandleAll  , Event1                  , none            , Action>,
+        Row<StateHandleAll  , Event2                  , none            , Action>
+    >;
+
+    size_t action_calls{};
+};
+
+// Pick a back-end
+using Fsms = mp11::mp_list<
+#ifndef BOOST_MSM_TEST_SKIP_BACKMP11
+    msm::backmp11::state_machine_adapter<StateMachine_>
+#endif // BOOST_MSM_TEST_SKIP_BACKMP11
+    // msm::back::state_machine<StateMachine_>
+    // back11 requires a const boost::any overload to identify the Kleene event.
+    // Leave it out of this test to ensure backwards compatibility.
+    // msm::back11::state_machine<Front>
+    >;
+
+
+// TODO:
+// Test case where an event is deferred in both regions.
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE_TEMPLATE(defer_test, Fsm, Fsms)
+{     
+    Fsm fsm;
+
+    fsm.start();
+    
+    fsm.process_event(Event1{});
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(fsm.get_deferred_events_queue().size() == 2);
+    fsm.process_event(Event2{});
+    BOOST_REQUIRE(fsm.get_deferred_events_queue().size() == 3);
+
+    // fsm.process_event(Event1{});
+
+    fsm.stop();
+}
+
+} // namespace