diff --git a/src/interpret.c b/src/interpret.c
index 201d69c0c5e48af723e2623f11414e1c500b3214..b53703218744cbf377d11d59f1754075d67b4347 100644
--- a/src/interpret.c
+++ b/src/interpret.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 ||| See the files COPYING and DISCLAIMER for more information.
 \*/
 #include "global.h"
-RCSID("$Id: interpret.c,v 1.101 1998/11/20 06:46:56 hubbe Exp $");
+RCSID("$Id: interpret.c,v 1.102 1998/11/20 07:39:18 hubbe Exp $");
 #include "interpret.h"
 #include "object.h"
 #include "program.h"
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ use_malloc:
     }
   }
 #endif
+#ifdef PROFILING
+#ifdef HAVE_GETHRTIME
+  accounted_time =0;
+  time_base =0;
+#endif
+#endif
 }
 
 void check_stack(INT32 size)