diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp
index adb9613213..fd56ca3214 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/D3D/Render.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/AVIDump.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/BPFunctions.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/FPSCounter.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/ImageWrite.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
@@ -38,8 +37,6 @@
 namespace DX11
 {
 
-static int s_fps = 0;
-
 static u32 s_LastAA = 0;
 
 static Television s_television;
@@ -181,8 +178,6 @@ Renderer::Renderer(void *&window_handle)
 {
 	int x, y, w_temp, h_temp;
 
-	FPSCounter::Initialize();
-
 	Host_GetRenderWindowSize(x, y, w_temp, h_temp);
 
 	D3D::Create((HWND)window_handle);
@@ -952,10 +947,6 @@ void Renderer::SwapImpl(u32 xfbAddr, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight,const EFBRectangl
 		FramebufferManagerBase::SetLastXfbHeight(h);
 	}
 
-	// update FPS counter
-	if (XFBWrited)
-		s_fps = FPSCounter::Update();
-
 	// Flip/present backbuffer to frontbuffer here
 	D3D::Present();
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
index f2567c0c8b..a261a28cb6 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/OGL/Render.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/BPStructs.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/DriverDetails.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
-#include "VideoCommon/FPSCounter.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/ImageWrite.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OnScreenDisplay.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/PixelEngine.h"
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ VideoConfig g_ogl_config;
 
 // Declarations and definitions
 // ----------------------------
-static int s_fps = 0;
 static GLuint s_ShowEFBCopyRegions_VBO = 0;
 static GLuint s_ShowEFBCopyRegions_VAO = 0;
 static SHADER s_ShowEFBCopyRegions;
@@ -340,7 +338,6 @@ Renderer::Renderer()
 	s_fps=0;
 	s_ShowEFBCopyRegions_VBO = 0;
 	s_blendMode = 0;
-	FPSCounter::Initialize();
 
 	bool bSuccess = true;
 
@@ -1583,8 +1580,6 @@ void Renderer::SwapImpl(u32 xfbAddr, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight,const EFBRectangl
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (XFBWrited)
-		s_fps = FPSCounter::Update();
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 	if (!DriverDetails::HasBug(DriverDetails::BUG_BROKENSWAP))
 	{
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
index 2c95cdf89d..aa8a9f1d27 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 #include "VideoCommon/CPMemory.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Debugger.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/Fifo.h"
+#include "VideoCommon/FPSCounter.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/FramebufferManagerBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/MainBase.h"
 #include "VideoCommon/OpcodeDecoding.h"
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ int Renderer::s_LastEFBScale;
 bool Renderer::s_skipSwap;
 bool Renderer::XFBWrited;
 
+unsigned int Renderer::s_fps = 0;
+
 PEControl::PixelFormat Renderer::prev_efb_format = PEControl::INVALID_FMT;
 unsigned int Renderer::efb_scale_numeratorX = 1;
 unsigned int Renderer::efb_scale_numeratorY = 1;
@@ -84,6 +87,8 @@ Renderer::Renderer()
 
 	OSDChoice = 0;
 	OSDTime = 0;
+
+	FPSCounter::Initialize();
 }
 
 Renderer::~Renderer()
@@ -521,6 +526,9 @@ void Renderer::Swap(u32 xfbAddr, u32 fbWidth, u32 fbHeight, const EFBRectangle&
 	// TODO: merge more generic parts into VideoCommon
 	g_renderer->SwapImpl(xfbAddr, fbWidth, fbHeight, rc, Gamma);
 
+	if (XFBWrited)
+		s_fps = FPSCounter::Update();
+
 	frameCount++;
 	GFX_DEBUGGER_PAUSE_AT(NEXT_FRAME, true);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h
index 16b17ae8de..668a2a42eb 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/RenderBase.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ protected:
 	static bool s_skipSwap;
 	static bool XFBWrited;
 
+	static unsigned int s_fps;
+
 private:
 	static PEControl::PixelFormat prev_efb_format;
 	static unsigned int efb_scale_numeratorX;