diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 9349ee6c62..3b78316800 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ static int checkPendPipeline(struct connectdata *conn)
     while(pipeLen < MAX_PIPELINE_LENGTH && curr) {
       Curl_llist_move(conn->pend_pipe, curr,
                       conn->send_pipe, conn->send_pipe->tail);
-      Curl_pgrsTime(curr->ptr, TIMER_CONNECT);
+      Curl_pgrsTime(curr->ptr, TIMER_PRETRANSFER);
       ++result; /* count how many handles we moved */
       curr = conn->pend_pipe->head;
       ++pipeLen;