diff --git a/app/window.go b/app/window.go
index 29e59349..4702958b 100644
--- a/app/window.go
+++ b/app/window.go
@@ -741,7 +741,10 @@ func (w *Window) processEvent(d driver, e event.Event) {
 			// No drawing if not visible.
 			break
 		}
-		frameStart := time.Now()
+		var frameStart time.Time
+		if w.queue.q.Profiling() {
+			frameStart = time.Now()
+		}
 		w.hasNextFrame = false
 		e2.Frame = w.update
 		e2.Queue = &w.queue
diff --git a/gpu/gpu.go b/gpu/gpu.go
index 4bb9fb9a..8c30a595 100644
--- a/gpu/gpu.go
+++ b/gpu/gpu.go
@@ -362,8 +362,8 @@ func (g *gpu) collect(viewport image.Point, frameOps *op.Ops) {
 	g.renderer.pather.viewport = viewport
 	g.drawOps.reset(viewport)
 	g.drawOps.collect(frameOps, viewport)
-	g.frameStart = time.Now()
 	if g.drawOps.profile && g.timers == nil && g.ctx.Caps().Features.Has(driver.FeatureTimers) {
+		g.frameStart = time.Now()
 		g.timers = newTimers(g.ctx)
 		g.stencilTimer = g.timers.newTimer()
 		g.coverTimer = g.timers.newTimer()