diff --git a/lisp/doom-start.el b/lisp/doom-start.el
index 60685b409..8949b00f0 100644
--- a/lisp/doom-start.el
+++ b/lisp/doom-start.el
@@ -262,9 +262,6 @@ If this is a daemon session, load them all immediately instead."
 ;;
 ;;; Benchmark
 
-(defvar doom-init-time nil
-  "The time it took, in seconds, for Doom Emacs to initialize.")
-
 (defun doom-display-benchmark-h (&optional return-p)
   "Display a benchmark including number of packages and modules loaded.
 
@@ -273,9 +270,7 @@ If RETURN-P, return the message as a string instead of displaying it."
            "Doom loaded %d packages across %d modules in %.03fs"
            (- (length load-path) (length (get 'load-path 'initial-value)))
            (hash-table-count doom-modules)
-           (or doom-init-time
-               (setq doom-init-time
-                     (float-time (time-subtract (current-time) before-init-time))))))
+           doom-init-time))
 
 
 ;;
@@ -370,11 +365,7 @@ If RETURN-P, return the message as a string instead of displaying it."
                    ;; time, and by keeping a history of them, you get a snapshot
                    ;; of your config in time.
                    (file-name-concat
-                    doom-profile-dir (format "init.%d.elc" emacs-major-version)))
-                  ;; If the config is being reloaded, let's pretend it hasn't be
-                  ;; initialized by unsetting this (see note in
-                  ;; `doom-profile--generate-load-modules' for details).
-                  doom-init-time)
+                    doom-profile-dir (format "init.%d.elc" emacs-major-version))))
               ;; If `user-init-file' is t, then `load' will store the name of
               ;; the next file it loads into `user-init-file'.
               (setq user-init-file t)
diff --git a/lisp/doom.el b/lisp/doom.el
index 19b44da8c..b4c65bf24 100644
--- a/lisp/doom.el
+++ b/lisp/doom.el
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
 (defconst doom-modules-version "22.09.0-pre"
   "Current version of Doom Emacs.")
 
+(defvar doom-init-time nil
+  "The time it took, in seconds, for Doom Emacs to initialize.")
+
 (defconst doom-profile
   (if-let (profile (getenv-internal "DOOMPROFILE"))
       (save-match-data
@@ -592,6 +595,11 @@ triggered. This is the absolute latest point in the startup process."
     (dolist (var '(exec-path load-path process-environment))
       (put var 'initial-value (default-toplevel-value var)))))
 
+(add-hook! 'doom-after-init-hook :depth -110
+  (defun doom--end-init-h ()
+    "Set `doom-init-time'."
+    (setq doom-init-time (float-time (time-subtract (current-time) before-init-time)))))
+
 ;; This is the absolute latest a hook can run in Emacs' startup process.
 (define-advice command-line-1 (:after (&rest _) run-after-init-hook)
   (doom-run-hooks 'doom-after-init-hook))