BackendDB *b1 = NULL, *btmp;
        BackendInfo *bi0 = op->o_bd->bd_info;
        int i;
-       long stoptime = 0;
+       long stoptime = 0, starttime;
        glue_state gs = {NULL, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, 0, 0};
        slap_callback cb = { NULL, glue_op_response, NULL, NULL };
        int scope0, tlimit0;
 
        cb.sc_next = op->o_callback;
 
+       starttime = op->o_time;
        stoptime = slap_get_time () + op->ors_tlimit;
 
        op->o_bd = glue_back_select (b0, &op->o_req_ndn);
                        if (!dnIsSuffix(&btmp->be_nsuffix[0], &b1->be_nsuffix[0]))
                                continue;
                        if (tlimit0 != SLAP_NO_LIMIT) {
-                               op->ors_tlimit = stoptime - slap_get_time ();
+                               op->o_time = slap_get_time();
+                               op->ors_tlimit = stoptime - op->o_time;
                                if (op->ors_tlimit <= 0) {
                                        rs->sr_err = gs.err = LDAP_TIMELIMIT_EXCEEDED;
                                        break;
 end_of_loop:;
                op->ors_scope = scope0;
                op->ors_tlimit = tlimit0;
+               op->o_time = starttime;
                op->o_req_dn = dn;
                op->o_req_ndn = ndn;