diff --git a/src/ev_epoll.c b/src/ev_epoll.c
index 352620d0a3..9e7050c730 100644
--- a/src/ev_epoll.c
+++ b/src/ev_epoll.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 		int timeout = (global.tune.options & GTUNE_BUSY_POLLING) ? 0 : wait_time;
 
 		status = epoll_wait(epoll_fd[tid], epoll_events, global.tune.maxpollevents, timeout);
-		clock_update_local_date(timeout, status);
+		clock_update_local_date(wait_time, (global.tune.options & GTUNE_BUSY_POLLING) ? 1 : status);
 
 		if (status) {
 			activity[tid].poll_io++;
diff --git a/src/ev_evports.c b/src/ev_evports.c
index ee357bc1f4..da2c11060d 100644
--- a/src/ev_evports.c
+++ b/src/ev_evports.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 				break;
 			}
 		}
-		clock_update_local_date(timeout, nevlist);
+		clock_update_local_date(wait_time, (global.tune.options & GTUNE_BUSY_POLLING) ? 1 : nevlist);
 
 		if (nevlist || interrupted)
 			break;
diff --git a/src/ev_kqueue.c b/src/ev_kqueue.c
index f123e7be25..271e95b672 100644
--- a/src/ev_kqueue.c
+++ b/src/ev_kqueue.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static void _do_poll(struct poller *p, int exp, int wake)
 		                kev,       // struct kevent *eventlist
 		                fd,        // int nevents
 		                &timeout_ts); // const struct timespec *timeout
-		clock_update_local_date(timeout, status);
+		clock_update_local_date(wait_time, (global.tune.options & GTUNE_BUSY_POLLING) ? 1 : status);
 
 		if (status) {
 			activity[tid].poll_io++;