diff --git a/locust/clients.py b/locust/clients.py
index f8a7817be0..4b5d91f4eb 100644
--- a/locust/clients.py
+++ b/locust/clients.py
@@ -123,10 +123,12 @@ def request(self, method, url, name=None, catch_response=False, context={}, **kw
 
         # prepend url with hostname unless it's already an absolute URL
         url = self._build_url(url)
-        start_timestamp = time.perf_counter()  # high precision timestamp
-        start_time = time.time()  # seconds since epoch
-
+        
+        start_time = time.time()
+        start_perf_counter = time.perf_counter()
         response = self._send_request_safe_mode(method, url, **kwargs)
+        response_time = (time.perf_counter() - start_perf_counter) * 1000
+
         url_after_redirect = (response.history and response.history[0] or response).request.path_url
 
         if self.user:
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ def request(self, method, url, name=None, catch_response=False, context={}, **kw
         # store meta data that is used when reporting the request to locust's statistics
         request_meta = {
             "request_type": method,
-            "response_time": (time.perf_counter() - start_timestamp) * 1000,
+            "response_time": response_time,
             "name": name or url_after_redirect,
             "context": context,
             "response": response,
diff --git a/locust/contrib/fasthttp.py b/locust/contrib/fasthttp.py
index 198c4fb9ab..6b38ca2ead 100644
--- a/locust/contrib/fasthttp.py
+++ b/locust/contrib/fasthttp.py
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ def request(
         # prepend url with hostname unless it's already an absolute URL
         url = self._build_url(path)
 
-        start_timestamp = time.perf_counter()  # high precision timestamp
         start_time = time.time()  # seconds since epoch
 
         if self.user:
@@ -186,9 +185,9 @@ def request(
             old_redirect_response_codes = self.client.redirect_resonse_codes
             self.client.redirect_resonse_codes = []
 
+        start_perf_counter = time.perf_counter()
         # send request, and catch any exceptions
         response = self._send_request_safe_mode(method, url, payload=data, headers=headers, **kwargs)
-        # store meta data that is used when reporting the request to locust's statistics
         request_meta = {
             "request_type": method,
             "name": name or path,
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ def request(
             try:
                 request_meta["response_length"] = len(response.content or "")
             except HTTPParseError as e:
-                request_meta["response_time"] = (time.perf_counter() - start_timestamp) * 1000
+                request_meta["response_time"] = (time.perf_counter() - start_perf_counter) * 1000
                 request_meta["response_length"] = 0
                 request_meta["exception"] = e
                 self.environment.events.request.fire(**request_meta)
@@ -219,7 +218,7 @@ def request(
         # Record the consumed time
         # Note: This is intentionally placed after we record the content_size above, since
         # we'll then trigger fetching of the body (unless stream=True)
-        request_meta["response_time"] = int((time.perf_counter() - start_timestamp) * 1000)
+        request_meta["response_time"] = int((time.perf_counter() - start_perf_counter) * 1000)
 
         if catch_response:
             return ResponseContextManager(response, environment=self.environment, request_meta=request_meta)