diff --git a/libbacktrace/backtrace_benchmarks.cpp b/libbacktrace/backtrace_benchmarks.cpp
index 30c2a55ce..aa1662fb1 100644
--- a/libbacktrace/backtrace_benchmarks.cpp
+++ b/libbacktrace/backtrace_benchmarks.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ static bool CountMaps(pid_t pid, size_t* num_maps) {
 }
 
 static void CreateMap(benchmark::State& state, BacktraceMap* (*map_func)(pid_t, bool)) {
-  state.PauseTiming();
   // Create a remote process so that the map data is exactly the same.
   // Also, so that we can create a set number of maps.
   pid_t pid;
@@ -132,7 +131,6 @@ static void CreateMap(benchmark::State& state, BacktraceMap* (*map_func)(pid_t,
     return;
   }
 
-  state.ResumeTiming();
   while (state.KeepRunning()) {
     for (size_t i = 0; i < static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0)); i++) {
       BacktraceMap* map = map_func(pid, false);
@@ -143,7 +141,6 @@ static void CreateMap(benchmark::State& state, BacktraceMap* (*map_func)(pid_t,
       delete map;
     }
   }
-  state.PauseTiming();
 
   kill(pid, SIGKILL);
   waitpid(pid, nullptr, 0);