diff --git a/lib/progress.c b/lib/progress.c
index 1514e1edd..6abe72e56 100644
--- a/lib/progress.c
+++ b/lib/progress.c
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ void Curl_pgrsResetTimes(struct SessionHandle *data)
 
 void Curl_pgrsTime(struct SessionHandle *data, timerid timer)
 {
+  struct timeval now = Curl_tvnow();
+
   switch(timer) {
   default:
   case TIMER_NONE:
@@ -164,35 +166,34 @@ void Curl_pgrsTime(struct SessionHandle *data, timerid timer)
     break;
   case TIMER_STARTSINGLE:
     /* This is set at the start of a single fetch */
-    data->progress.t_startsingle = Curl_tvnow();
+    data->progress.t_startsingle = now;
     break;
 
   case TIMER_NAMELOOKUP:
     data->progress.t_nslookup =
-      Curl_tvdiff_secs(Curl_tvnow(), data->progress.t_startsingle);
+      Curl_tvdiff_secs(now, data->progress.t_startsingle);
     break;
   case TIMER_CONNECT:
     data->progress.t_connect =
-      Curl_tvdiff_secs(Curl_tvnow(), data->progress.t_startsingle);
+      Curl_tvdiff_secs(now, data->progress.t_startsingle);
     break;
   case TIMER_APPCONNECT:
     data->progress.t_appconnect =
-      Curl_tvdiff_secs(Curl_tvnow(), data->progress.t_startsingle);
+      Curl_tvdiff_secs(now, data->progress.t_startsingle);
     break;
   case TIMER_PRETRANSFER:
     data->progress.t_pretransfer =
-      Curl_tvdiff_secs(Curl_tvnow(), data->progress.t_startsingle);
+      Curl_tvdiff_secs(now, data->progress.t_startsingle);
     break;
   case TIMER_STARTTRANSFER:
     data->progress.t_starttransfer =
-      Curl_tvdiff_secs(Curl_tvnow(), data->progress.t_startsingle);
+      Curl_tvdiff_secs(now, data->progress.t_startsingle);
     break;
   case TIMER_POSTRANSFER:
     /* this is the normal end-of-transfer thing */
     break;
   case TIMER_REDIRECT:
-    data->progress.t_redirect =
-      Curl_tvdiff_secs(Curl_tvnow(), data->progress.start);
+    data->progress.t_redirect = Curl_tvdiff_secs(now, data->progress.start);
     break;
   }
 }