diff --git a/tools/server/server-context.cpp b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
index e1f65dfcce..324c3af30c 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-context.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-context.cpp
@@ -2615,10 +2615,6 @@ private:
             // on successful decode, restore the original batch size
             n_batch = llama_n_batch(ctx);
 
-            // technically, measuring the time here excludes the sampling time for the last batch
-            // but on the other hand, we don't want to do too many system calls to measure the time, so it's ok
-            const int64_t t_current = ggml_time_us();
-
             for (auto & slot : slots) {
                 // may need to copy state to other slots
                 if (slot.state == SLOT_STATE_DONE_PROMPT && slot.is_parent()) {
@@ -2685,6 +2681,9 @@ private:
 
                 common_sampler_accept(slot.smpl.get(), id, true);
 
+                // here we have synchronized the llama_context (due to the sampling above), so we can do time measurement
+                const int64_t t_current = ggml_time_us();
+
                 slot.n_decoded += 1;
 
                 if (slot.n_decoded == 1) {
@@ -2728,6 +2727,8 @@ private:
                 slot.i_batch_dft.clear();
                 slot.drafted.clear();
 
+                const int64_t t_current = ggml_time_us();
+
                 slot.n_decoded += ids.size();
 
                 slot.t_token_generation = std::max<int64_t>(1, t_current - slot.t_start_generation) / 1e3;