diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/TimeDataCollector.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/TimeDataCollector.php
index b010060648..b9a20aded5 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/TimeDataCollector.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/DataCollector/TimeDataCollector.php
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ class TimeDataCollector extends DataCollector
      */
     public function collect(Request $request, Response $response, \Exception $exception = null)
     {
-        if (null === $this->kernel) {
-            $requestTime = $request->server->get('REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT', $request->server->get('REQUEST_TIME'));
+        if (null !== $this->kernel) {
+            $startTime = $this->kernel->getStartTime();
+        } else {
+            $startTime = $request->server->get('REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT', $request->server->get('REQUEST_TIME'));
         }
 
         $this->data = array(
-            'start_time' => (isset($requestTime) ? $requestTime : $this->kernel->getStartTime()) * 1000,
+            'start_time' => $startTime * 1000,
             'events'     => array(),
         );
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/TimeDataCollectorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/TimeDataCollectorTest.php
index 3419b1f211..13abb67696 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/TimeDataCollectorTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Tests/DataCollector/TimeDataCollectorTest.php
@@ -55,5 +55,4 @@ class TimeDataCollectorTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $c->collect($request, new Response());
         $this->assertEquals(123456000, $c->getStartTime());
     }
-
 }