diff --git a/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers b/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
index b71bdbf9e..23b879705 100644
--- a/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
+++ b/include/osgViewer/ViewerEventHandlers
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ class OSGVIEWER_EXPORT StatsHandler : public osgGA::GUIEventHandler
         osg::Camera* getCamera() { return _camera.get(); }
         const osg::Camera* getCamera() const { return _camera.get(); }
 
+        virtual void collectWhichCamerasToRenderStatsFor(osgViewer::ViewerBase* viewer, osgViewer::ViewerBase::Cameras& cameras);
+
         virtual bool handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter& ea, osgGA::GUIActionAdapter& aa);
 
         /** Get the keyboard and mouse usage of this manipulator.*/
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp
index dc8069ca4..b2b2d7ebe 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/Renderer.cpp
@@ -556,6 +556,15 @@ void Renderer::updateSceneView(osgUtil::SceneView* sceneView)
         _startTick = view->getStartTick();
         if (state) state->setStartTick(_startTick);
     }
+    else
+    {
+        osgViewer::GraphicsWindow* gw = dynamic_cast<osgViewer::GraphicsWindow*>(context);
+        if (gw)
+        {
+            _startTick = gw->getEventQueue()->getStartTick();
+            if (state) state->setStartTick(_startTick);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 void Renderer::compile()
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp b/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
index 2a908a93d..721d2aa10 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/StatsHandler.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ StatsHandler::StatsHandler():
     _camera->setProjectionResizePolicy(osg::Camera::FIXED);
 }
 
+void StatsHandler::collectWhichCamerasToRenderStatsFor(osgViewer::ViewerBase* viewer, osgViewer::ViewerBase::Cameras& cameras)
+{
+  if (viewer) viewer->getCameras(cameras);
+}
+
 bool StatsHandler::handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter& ea, osgGA::GUIActionAdapter& aa)
 {
 
@@ -89,7 +94,7 @@ bool StatsHandler::handle(const osgGA::GUIEventAdapter& ea, osgGA::GUIActionAdap
                     if (_statsType==LAST) _statsType = NO_STATS;
 
                     osgViewer::ViewerBase::Cameras cameras;
-                    viewer->getCameras(cameras);
+                    collectWhichCamerasToRenderStatsFor(viewer, cameras);
 
                     switch(_statsType)
                     {
@@ -1081,7 +1086,7 @@ void StatsHandler::setUpScene(osgViewer::ViewerBase* viewer)
 
     // collect all the relevant cameras
     ViewerBase::Cameras validCameras;
-    viewer->getCameras(validCameras);
+    collectWhichCamerasToRenderStatsFor(viewer, validCameras);
 
     ViewerBase::Cameras cameras;
     for(ViewerBase::Cameras::iterator itr = validCameras.begin();