diff --git a/backend.c b/backend.c
index b180196e4c4e..5f3bbd44f3ea 100644
--- a/backend.c
+++ b/backend.c
@@ -1559,25 +1559,26 @@ static void *thread_main(void *data)
 
 	fio_gettime(&td->epoch, NULL);
 	fio_getrusage(&td->ru_start);
+	memcpy(&td->bw_sample_time, &td->epoch, sizeof(td->epoch));
+	memcpy(&td->iops_sample_time, &td->epoch, sizeof(td->epoch));
+
+	if (o->ratemin[DDIR_READ] || o->ratemin[DDIR_WRITE] ||
+			o->ratemin[DDIR_TRIM]) {
+	        memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_READ], &td->bw_sample_time,
+					sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
+	        memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_WRITE], &td->bw_sample_time,
+					sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
+	        memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_TRIM], &td->bw_sample_time,
+					sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
+	}
+
 	clear_state = 0;
 	while (keep_running(td)) {
 		uint64_t verify_bytes;
 
 		fio_gettime(&td->start, NULL);
-		memcpy(&td->bw_sample_time, &td->start, sizeof(td->start));
-		memcpy(&td->iops_sample_time, &td->start, sizeof(td->start));
 		memcpy(&td->tv_cache, &td->start, sizeof(td->start));
 
-		if (o->ratemin[DDIR_READ] || o->ratemin[DDIR_WRITE] ||
-				o->ratemin[DDIR_TRIM]) {
-		        memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_READ], &td->bw_sample_time,
-						sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
-		        memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_WRITE], &td->bw_sample_time,
-						sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
-		        memcpy(&td->lastrate[DDIR_TRIM], &td->bw_sample_time,
-						sizeof(td->bw_sample_time));
-		}
-
 		if (clear_state)
 			clear_io_state(td);
 
diff --git a/libfio.c b/libfio.c
index d4cad3ec5aba..d5110d4a1c2b 100644
--- a/libfio.c
+++ b/libfio.c
@@ -82,12 +82,14 @@ static void reset_io_counters(struct thread_data *td)
 	int ddir;
 
 	for (ddir = 0; ddir < DDIR_RWDIR_CNT; ddir++) {
+#if  0
 		td->stat_io_bytes[ddir] = 0;
 		td->this_io_bytes[ddir] = 0;
 		td->stat_io_blocks[ddir] = 0;
 		td->this_io_blocks[ddir] = 0;
 		td->rate_bytes[ddir] = 0;
 		td->rate_blocks[ddir] = 0;
+#endif
 		td->bytes_done[ddir] = 0;
 		td->rate_io_issue_bytes[ddir] = 0;
 		td->rate_next_io_time[ddir] = 0;