diff --git a/music_assistant/providers/airplay/player.py b/music_assistant/providers/airplay/player.py
index 2332705bf1..47d35ea2c5 100644
--- a/music_assistant/providers/airplay/player.py
+++ b/music_assistant/providers/airplay/player.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, cast
 
 from music_assistant_models.config_entries import ConfigEntry, ConfigValueOption, ConfigValueType
+from music_assistant_models.constants import PLAYER_CONTROL_NATIVE
 from music_assistant_models.enums import (
     ConfigEntryType,
     IdentifierType,
@@ -923,14 +924,18 @@ def sync_volume_level(self) -> None:
 
         AirPlay players only report their volume level when we are actually streaming to them
         and we remember the last used/reported volume level in the player config by default
-        but if we have a parent player, that may know better about the current volume level,
-        so we try to sync from that parent player if possible
+        but if we have a parent player without native volume control, that parent may know better
+        about the current volume level, so we try to sync from that parent player if possible.
         """
         if (
             self.protocol_parent_id
             and (parent_player := self.mass.players.get_player(self.protocol_parent_id))
             and parent_player.state.volume_level is not None
         ):
+            # Native parent volume is the device/amplifier volume, while AirPlay volume is
+            # stream/protocol volume. Some receivers map those scales differently.
+            if parent_player.volume_control == PLAYER_CONTROL_NATIVE:
+                return
             if self._attr_volume_level == parent_player.state.volume_level:
                 return
             self._attr_volume_level = parent_player.state.volume_level
diff --git a/tests/providers/airplay/test_player.py b/tests/providers/airplay/test_player.py
index 5acdfe9371..e8945817ca 100644
--- a/tests/providers/airplay/test_player.py
+++ b/tests/providers/airplay/test_player.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
 
 import pytest
+from music_assistant_models.constants import PLAYER_CONTROL_NATIVE, PLAYER_CONTROL_NONE
 
-from music_assistant.providers.airplay.constants import StreamingProtocol
+from music_assistant.providers.airplay.constants import CONF_STORED_VOLUME, StreamingProtocol
 from music_assistant.providers.airplay.player import AirPlayPlayer
 
 
@@ -200,3 +201,43 @@ async def test_volume_mute_no_stream(airplay_player: AirPlayPlayer) -> None:
 
         assert airplay_player._attr_volume_muted is True
         mock_update.assert_called_once()
+
+
+def test_sync_volume_level_skips_parent_with_native_volume_control(
+    airplay_player: AirPlayPlayer,
+) -> None:
+    """Do not copy native parent volume into the AirPlay stream volume."""
+    parent = MagicMock()
+    parent.state.volume_level = 36
+    parent.volume_control = PLAYER_CONTROL_NATIVE
+    airplay_player.mass.players.get_player.return_value = parent  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    airplay_player.set_protocol_parent_id("native_parent")
+    airplay_player._attr_volume_level = 48
+
+    with patch.object(AirPlayPlayer, "update_state") as mock_update:
+        airplay_player.sync_volume_level()
+
+    assert airplay_player._attr_volume_level == 48
+    airplay_player.mass.config.set_raw_player_config_value.assert_not_called()  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    mock_update.assert_not_called()
+
+
+def test_sync_volume_level_uses_parent_without_native_volume_control(
+    airplay_player: AirPlayPlayer,
+) -> None:
+    """Keep syncing parent volume for parents that delegate volume to a protocol/control."""
+    parent = MagicMock()
+    parent.state.volume_level = 36
+    parent.volume_control = PLAYER_CONTROL_NONE
+    airplay_player.mass.players.get_player.return_value = parent  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+    airplay_player.set_protocol_parent_id("protocol_parent")
+    airplay_player._attr_volume_level = 48
+
+    with patch.object(AirPlayPlayer, "update_state") as mock_update:
+        airplay_player.sync_volume_level()
+
+    assert airplay_player._attr_volume_level == 36
+    airplay_player.mass.config.set_raw_player_config_value.assert_called_once_with(  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        airplay_player.player_id, CONF_STORED_VOLUME, 36
+    )
+    mock_update.assert_called_once()