diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/gles/StatLogger b/src/osgPlugins/gles/StatLogger
index 7bc9f2e3d..047483157 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/gles/StatLogger
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/gles/StatLogger
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 class StatLogger
 {
 public:
-    StatLogger(const std::string& label): _start(getTick()), _label(label) {}
+    StatLogger(const std::string& label): _label(label)
+    {
+        _start = _stop = getTick();
+    }
     ~StatLogger() {
         _stop = getTick();
         OSG_INFO << std::flush