diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerstats.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerstats.cpp
index 98962a0fa..258d2a788 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerstats.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerstats.cpp
@@ -669,14 +669,15 @@ void update_statistics(U32 frame_count)
 	gObjectBits = 0;
 //	gDecodedBits = 0;
 
-	// Only update texture stats ones per second so that they are less noisy
+	//Update bandwidth stats often because texture fetch relies on them.
 	{
-		static const F32 texture_stats_freq = 10.f;
+		static const F32 texture_stats_freq = 0.1f;
 		static LLFrameTimer texture_stats_timer;
 		if (texture_stats_timer.getElapsedTimeF32() >= texture_stats_freq)
 		{
 			LLViewerStats::getInstance()->mTextureKBitStat.addValue(LLViewerTextureList::sTextureBits/1024.f);
 			LLViewerStats::getInstance()->mTexturePacketsStat.addValue(LLViewerTextureList::sTexturePackets);
+			LLAppViewer::getTextureFetch()->setTextureBandwidth(LLViewerTextureList::sTextureBits/1024.f/texture_stats_timer.getElapsedTimeF32());
 			gTotalTextureBytes += LLViewerTextureList::sTextureBits / 8;
 			LLViewerTextureList::sTextureBits = 0;
 			LLViewerTextureList::sTexturePackets = 0;
diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewertexturelist.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewertexturelist.cpp
index d685b951e..07db8e30f 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewertexturelist.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewertexturelist.cpp
@@ -628,7 +628,6 @@ void LLViewerTextureList::updateImages(F32 max_time)
 		clearFetchingRequests();
 		return;
 	}
-	LLAppViewer::getTextureFetch()->setTextureBandwidth(LLViewerStats::getInstance()->mTextureKBitStat.getMeanPerSec());
 
 	S32 global_raw_memory;
 	{