Index: oak-tarmk-standby/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/standby/client/StandbyClient.java
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--- oak-tarmk-standby/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/standby/client/StandbyClient.java
+++ oak-tarmk-standby/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/segment/standby/client/StandbyClient.java
@@ -186,13 +186,15 @@ public final class StandbyClient implements ClientStandbyStatusMBean, Runnable,
         }
 
         try {
-            syncStartTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            long startTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
             // Start the client.
             ChannelFuture f = b.connect(host, port).sync();
             // Wait until the connection is closed.
             f.channel().closeFuture().sync();
             this.failedRequests = 0;
-            this.lastSuccessfulRequest = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000;
+            this.syncStartTimestamp = startTimestamp;
+            this.syncEndTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            this.lastSuccessfulRequest = syncEndTimestamp / 1000;
         } catch (Exception e) {
             this.failedRequests++;
             log.error("Failed synchronizing state.", e);
@@ -201,7 +203,6 @@ public final class StandbyClient implements ClientStandbyStatusMBean, Runnable,
                 this.active = false;
                 shutdownNetty();
             }
-            syncEndTimestamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
         }
     }