diff --git a/timing.cc b/timing.cc
index f5db9321d..99ff9ce0e 100644
--- a/timing.cc
+++ b/timing.cc
@@ -560,6 +560,11 @@ bool ScanProgressMeter::printStats(double perc_done,
   time_t timet;
   struct tm *ltime;
 
+  if (!now) {
+    gettimeofday(&tvtmp, NULL);
+    now = (const struct timeval *) &tvtmp;
+  }
+
   last_print = *now;
 
   // If we're less than 1% done we probably don't have enough
@@ -572,11 +577,6 @@ bool ScanProgressMeter::printStats(double perc_done,
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (!now) {
-    gettimeofday(&tvtmp, NULL);
-    now = (const struct timeval *) &tvtmp;
-  }
-
   /* OK, now lets estimate the time to finish */
   time_used_s = difftime(now->tv_sec, begin.tv_sec);
   time_needed_s = time_used_s / perc_done;