diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch.ts
index 4de29bae7e6d1..d86cbb9b37f89 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch.ts
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ export class FileWalker {
 
 	public getStats(): ISearchEngineStats {
 		return {
-			cmdTime: this.cmdSW.elapsed(),
+			cmdTime: this.cmdSW && this.cmdSW.elapsed(),
 			fileWalkTime: this.fileWalkSW.elapsed(),
 			traversal: Traversal[this.traversal],
 			directoriesWalked: this.directoriesWalked,