diff --git a/progressmeter.c b/progressmeter.c
index add462dde..e385c1254 100644
--- a/progressmeter.c
+++ b/progressmeter.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: progressmeter.c,v 1.46 2019/01/23 08:01:46 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: progressmeter.c,v 1.47 2019/01/24 16:52:17 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2003 Nils Nordman.  All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -59,9 +59,6 @@ static void format_rate(char *, int, off_t);
 static void sig_winch(int);
 static void setscreensize(void);
 
-/* updates the progressmeter to reflect the current state of the transfer */
-void refresh_progress_meter(void);
-
 /* signal handler for updating the progress meter */
 static void sig_alarm(int);
 
@@ -120,7 +117,7 @@ format_size(char *buf, int size, off_t bytes)
 }
 
 void
-refresh_progress_meter(void)
+refresh_progress_meter(int force_update)
 {
 	char buf[MAX_WINSIZE + 1];
 	off_t transferred;
@@ -131,7 +128,7 @@ refresh_progress_meter(void)
 	int hours, minutes, seconds;
 	int file_len;
 
-	if ((!alarm_fired && !win_resized) || !can_output())
+	if ((!force_update && !alarm_fired && !win_resized) || !can_output())
 		return;
 	alarm_fired = 0;
 
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ start_progress_meter(const char *f, off_t filesize, off_t *ctr)
 	bytes_per_second = 0;
 
 	setscreensize();
-	refresh_progress_meter();
+	refresh_progress_meter(1);
 
 	signal(SIGALRM, sig_alarm);
 	signal(SIGWINCH, sig_winch);
@@ -271,7 +268,7 @@ stop_progress_meter(void)
 
 	/* Ensure we complete the progress */
 	if (cur_pos != end_pos)
-		refresh_progress_meter();
+		refresh_progress_meter(1);
 
 	atomicio(vwrite, STDOUT_FILENO, "\n", 1);
 }
diff --git a/progressmeter.h b/progressmeter.h
index 8f6678060..1703ea75b 100644
--- a/progressmeter.h
+++ b/progressmeter.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: progressmeter.h,v 1.4 2019/01/23 08:01:46 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: progressmeter.h,v 1.5 2019/01/24 16:52:17 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2002 Nils Nordman.  All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@
  */
 
 void	start_progress_meter(const char *, off_t, off_t *);
-void	refresh_progress_meter(void);
+void	refresh_progress_meter(int);
 void	stop_progress_meter(void);
diff --git a/scp.c b/scp.c
index 25595a299..74dfe521a 100644
--- a/scp.c
+++ b/scp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.200 2019/01/23 08:01:46 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: scp.c,v 1.201 2019/01/24 16:52:17 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * scp - secure remote copy.  This is basically patched BSD rcp which
  * uses ssh to do the data transfer (instead of using rcmd).
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ scpio(void *_cnt, size_t s)
 	off_t *cnt = (off_t *)_cnt;
 
 	*cnt += s;
-	refresh_progress_meter();
+	refresh_progress_meter(0);
 	if (limit_kbps > 0)
 		bandwidth_limit(&bwlimit, s);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/sftp-client.c b/sftp-client.c
index 36c4b8a4a..73e3c2f53 100644
--- a/sftp-client.c
+++ b/sftp-client.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: sftp-client.c,v 1.132 2019/01/23 08:01:46 dtucker Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: sftp-client.c,v 1.133 2019/01/24 16:52:17 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2001-2004 Damien Miller <djm@openbsd.org>
  *
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ sftpio(void *_bwlimit, size_t amount)
 {
 	struct bwlimit *bwlimit = (struct bwlimit *)_bwlimit;
 
-	refresh_progress_meter();
+	refresh_progress_meter(0);
 	if (bwlimit != NULL)
 		bandwidth_limit(bwlimit, amount);
 	return 0;