diff --git a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
index 0bc79e5549..8ae1aa3c59 100644
--- a/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
+++ b/libs/backends/jack/jack_audiobackend.cc
@@ -977,12 +977,12 @@ JACKAudioBackend::process_thread ()
         AudioEngine::thread_init_callback (this);
 
         while (1) {
-                TimerRAII ltr (dsp_stats[RunLoop]);
                 GET_PRIVATE_JACK_POINTER_RET(_priv_jack,0);
-
                 dsp_stats[AudioBackend::DeviceWait].start ();
                 pframes_t nframes = jack_cycle_wait (_priv_jack);
                 dsp_stats[AudioBackend::DeviceWait].update ();
+                dsp_stats[RunLoop].start();
+
 
                 dsp_stats[AudioBackend::ProcessCallback].start();
                 if (engine.process_callback (nframes)) {
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ JACKAudioBackend::process_thread ()
                 dsp_stats[AudioBackend::ProcessCallback].update();
 
 		jack_cycle_signal (_priv_jack, 0);
+                dsp_stats[AudioBackend::RunLoop].update ();
         }
 
         return 0;