diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/premap.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/premap.cpp
index da1e4ad01..bd9bbe370 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/premap.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/premap.cpp
@@ -841,6 +841,7 @@ void donewgame(MapRecord* map, int sk)
 template<class func>
 void newgame(MapRecord* map, int sk, func completion)
 {
+    timerUpdateClock();
     ready2send = 0;
 
     auto completion1 = [=](bool res)