diff --git a/clutter/clutter/clutter-frame-clock.c b/clutter/clutter/clutter-frame-clock.c
index 85c568c6e..09d4721e2 100644
--- a/clutter/clutter/clutter-frame-clock.c
+++ b/clutter/clutter/clutter-frame-clock.c
@@ -310,10 +310,6 @@ static void
 maybe_update_longterm_max_duration_us (ClutterFrameClock *frame_clock,
                                        ClutterFrameInfo  *frame_info)
 {
-  /* Do not update long-term max if there has been no measurement */
-  if (!frame_clock->shortterm_max_update_duration_us)
-    return;
-
   if ((frame_info->presentation_time - frame_clock->longterm_promotion_us) <
       G_USEC_PER_SEC)
     return;
@@ -443,21 +439,31 @@ clutter_frame_clock_notify_presented (ClutterFrameClock *frame_clock,
 
   presented_frame->got_measurements = FALSE;
 
-  if (frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us != 0 &&
-      frame_info->has_valid_gpu_rendering_duration)
+  if ((frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us != 0 &&
+       frame_info->has_valid_gpu_rendering_duration) ||
+      frame_clock->ever_got_measurements)
     {
       int64_t dispatch_to_swap_us, swap_to_rendering_done_us, swap_to_flip_us;
       int64_t dispatch_time_us = presented_frame->dispatch_time_us;
       int64_t flip_time_us = presented_frame->flip_time_us;
 
-      dispatch_to_swap_us =
-        frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us -
-        dispatch_time_us;
+      if (frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us == 0)
+        {
+          /* User thread cursor-only updates with no "swap": we do know
+           * the combined time from dispatch to flip at least.
+           */
+          dispatch_to_swap_us = 0;
+          swap_to_flip_us = flip_time_us - dispatch_time_us;
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          dispatch_to_swap_us = frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us -
+                                dispatch_time_us;
+          swap_to_flip_us = flip_time_us -
+                            frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us;
+        }
       swap_to_rendering_done_us =
         frame_info->gpu_rendering_duration_ns / 1000;
-      swap_to_flip_us =
-        flip_time_us -
-        frame_info->cpu_time_before_buffer_swap_us;
 
       CLUTTER_NOTE (FRAME_TIMINGS,
                     "%s: update2dispatch %ld µs, dispatch2swap %ld µs, swap2render %ld µs, swap2flip %ld µs",