diff --git a/source/event/include/G4EventManager.hh b/source/event/include/G4EventManager.hh
index f32f64f5d9..29679e0a22 100644
--- a/source/event/include/G4EventManager.hh
+++ b/source/event/include/G4EventManager.hh
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class G4EventManager
     static G4EventManager* GetEventManager();
       // This method returns the singleton pointer of G4EventManager.
 
+    G4int ReserveNextTrackID();
+      // Pre-assign the next sequential track ID to a secondary being born inside
+      // G4SteppingManager, so that its ID is available in UserSteppingAction.
+
     G4EventManager();
    ~G4EventManager();
 
diff --git a/source/event/src/G4EventManager.cc b/source/event/src/G4EventManager.cc
index 504b50e6ba..5943606ddf 100644
--- a/source/event/src/G4EventManager.cc
+++ b/source/event/src/G4EventManager.cc
@@ -401,6 +401,11 @@ G4int G4EventManager::StoreSubEvent(G4Event* evt, G4int& subEvtType, G4SubEvent*
   return evt->StoreSubEvent(subEvtType,se);
 }
 
+G4int G4EventManager::ReserveNextTrackID()
+{
+  return ++trackIDCounter;
+}
+
 void G4EventManager::StackTracks(G4TrackVector* trackVector,
                                  G4bool IDhasAlreadySet)
 {
@@ -409,9 +414,13 @@ void G4EventManager::StackTracks(G4TrackVector* trackVector,
     if( trackVector->empty() ) return;
     for( auto newTrack : *trackVector )
     {
-      ++trackIDCounter;
-      if(!IDhasAlreadySet)
+      if(IDhasAlreadySet)
       {
+        ++trackIDCounter; // advance counter for primaries whose IDs are set externally
+      }
+      else if(newTrack->GetTrackID() == 0)
+      {
+        ++trackIDCounter; // normal secondary: assign as usual
         newTrack->SetTrackID( trackIDCounter );
         if(newTrack->GetDynamicParticle()->GetPrimaryParticle() != nullptr)
         {
@@ -420,6 +429,7 @@ void G4EventManager::StackTracks(G4TrackVector* trackVector,
           pp->SetTrackID(trackIDCounter);
         }
       }
+      // else: ID was pre-assigned by ReserveNextTrackID() in G4SteppingManager — skip
       newTrack->SetOriginTouchableHandle(newTrack->GetTouchableHandle());
       trackContainer->PushOneTrack( newTrack );
 #ifdef G4VERBOSE
diff --git a/source/tracking/src/G4SteppingManager.cc b/source/tracking/src/G4SteppingManager.cc
index 9898b89da3..6768bbfac2 100644
--- a/source/tracking/src/G4SteppingManager.cc
+++ b/source/tracking/src/G4SteppingManager.cc
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #include "G4SteppingManager.hh"
+#include "G4EventManager.hh"
 
 #include "G4ForceCondition.hh"
 #include "G4GPILSelection.hh"
@@ -600,6 +601,10 @@ G4int G4SteppingManager::ProcessSecondariesFromParticleChange()
     // Set the process pointer which created this track
     tempSecondaryTrack->SetCreatorProcess(creatorProcess);
 
+    // Pre-assign track ID so it is visible in UserSteppingAction via
+    // GetSecondaryInCurrentStep(); G4EventManager::StackTracks skips re-assignment.
+    tempSecondaryTrack->SetTrackID(G4EventManager::GetEventManager()->ReserveNextTrackID());
+
     // If this 2ndry particle has 'zero' kinetic energy, make sure
     // it invokes a rest process at the beginning of the tracking
     //