diff --git a/libs/pbd/windows_timer_utils.cc b/libs/pbd/windows_timer_utils.cc
index ee7cd962c5..2817b8e3a9 100644
--- a/libs/pbd/windows_timer_utils.cc
+++ b/libs/pbd/windows_timer_utils.cc
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ get_microseconds ()
 int64_t
 get_microseconds ()
 {
+	qpc_frequency_cached();
 	if (qpc_frequency_success()) {
 		return QPC::get_microseconds ();
 	}