diff --git a/src/client/player.qc b/src/client/player.qc
index 530bc01..a8a8cbe 100644
--- a/src/client/player.qc
+++ b/src/client/player.qc
@@ -184,5 +184,6 @@ Player_PreDraw(base_player pl, int thirdperson)
 	}
 
 	Animation_PlayerUpdate((player)pl);
+	Animation_TimerUpdate((player)pl, clframetime);
 	Player_HandleWeaponModel(pl, thirdperson);
 }
diff --git a/src/shared/animations.qc b/src/shared/animations.qc
index 3f7128d..00240a5 100755
--- a/src/shared/animations.qc
+++ b/src/shared/animations.qc
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ void Animation_Print(string sWow) {
 }
 
 void
-Animation_TimerUpdate(player pl)
+Animation_TimerUpdate(player pl, float ftime)
 {
 	makevectors([0, pl.angles[1], 0]);
 
 	/* top animation is always just being incremented */
-	pl.anim_top_time += input_timelength;
-	pl.anim_top_delay -= input_timelength;
+	pl.anim_top_time += ftime;
+	pl.anim_top_delay -= ftime;
 
 	/* we may be walking backwards, thus decrement bottom */
 	if (dotproduct(pl.velocity, v_forward) < 0) {
-		pl.anim_bottom_time -= input_timelength;
+		pl.anim_bottom_time -= ftime;
 	} else {
-		pl.anim_bottom_time += input_timelength;
+		pl.anim_bottom_time += ftime;
 	}
 }