diff --git a/src/TDB2.cpp b/src/TDB2.cpp
index 2c5ed1b4a..21d03e014 100644
--- a/src/TDB2.cpp
+++ b/src/TDB2.cpp
@@ -1503,6 +1503,7 @@ void TDB2::revert ()
 int TDB2::gc ()
 {
   context.timer_gc.start ();
+  unsigned long load_start = context.timer_load.total ();
 
   // Allowed as a temporary override.
   if (context.config.getBoolean ("gc"))
@@ -1611,7 +1612,11 @@ int TDB2::gc ()
     // TODO Remove dangling dependencies
   }
 
+  // Stop and remove accumulated load time from the GC time, because they
+  // overlap.
   context.timer_gc.stop ();
+  context.timer_gc.subtract (context.timer_load.total () - load_start);
+
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Timer.cpp b/src/Timer.cpp
index eb03ebb9f..6564c3777 100644
--- a/src/Timer.cpp
+++ b/src/Timer.cpp
@@ -105,4 +105,12 @@ unsigned long Timer::total () const
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+void Timer::subtract (unsigned long value)
+{
+  if (value > _total)
+    _total = 0;
+  else
+    _total -= value;
+}
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/src/Timer.h b/src/Timer.h
index 69777dc4f..8eb7cc616 100644
--- a/src/Timer.h
+++ b/src/Timer.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ public:
   void start ();
   void stop ();
   unsigned long total () const;
+  void subtract (unsigned long);
 
 private:
   std::string    _description;