diff --git a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/Timer.cc b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/Timer.cc
index e686fb78..37b85b05 100644
--- a/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/Timer.cc
+++ b/src/OpenMesh/Tools/Utils/Timer.cc
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ TimerImplWin32::TimerImplWin32(void)
 {
    if (QueryPerformanceFrequency(&freq_)==FALSE)
      throw std::runtime_error("Performance counter of of stock!");
-   reset();
+
+   memset(&count_,0,sizeof(count_));
+   memset(&start_,0,sizeof(count_));
 }
 
 void TimerImplWin32::reset(void)
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ static const unsigned long clockticks = CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 class TimerImplStd : public TimerImpl
 {
 public:
-   TimerImplStd() : freq_(clockticks),count_(0),start_(0) { reset(); }
+   TimerImplStd() : freq_(clockticks),count_(0),start_(0) { }
    ~TimerImplStd() { ; }
 
    virtual void   reset(void) override { count_ = 0; }