diff --git a/lib/cppcheck.cpp b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
index 8c760ac35..8bf9d9b7f 100644
--- a/lib/cppcheck.cpp
+++ b/lib/cppcheck.cpp
@@ -902,10 +902,7 @@ unsigned int CppCheck::checkFile(const std::string& filename, const std::string
                 checkRawTokens(tokenizer);
 
                 // Simplify tokens into normal form, skip rest of iteration if failed
-                Timer timer2("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1", mSettings.showtime, &s_timerResults);
-                const bool result = tokenizer.simplifyTokens1(mCurrentConfig);
-                timer2.stop();
-                if (!result)
+                if (!tokenizer.simplifyTokens1(mCurrentConfig))
                     continue;
 
                 // dump xml if --dump
diff --git a/lib/timer.cpp b/lib/timer.cpp
index d1d655ac8..06571b257 100644
--- a/lib/timer.cpp
+++ b/lib/timer.cpp
@@ -58,7 +58,17 @@ void TimerResults::showResults(SHOWTIME_MODES mode) const
     for (std::vector<dataElementType>::const_iterator iter=data.cbegin(); iter!=data.cend(); ++iter) {
         const double sec = iter->second.seconds();
         const double secAverage = sec / (double)(iter->second.mNumberOfResults);
-        overallData.mClocks += iter->second.mClocks;
+        bool hasParent = false;
+        {
+            // Do not use inner timers in "Overall time"
+            const std::string::size_type pos = iter->first.rfind("::");
+            if (pos != std::string::npos)
+                hasParent = std::any_of(data.cbegin(), data.cend(), [iter,pos](const dataElementType& d) {
+                    return d.first.size() == pos && iter->first.compare(0, d.first.size(), d.first) == 0;
+                });
+        }
+        if (!hasParent)
+            overallData.mClocks += iter->second.mClocks;
         if ((mode != SHOWTIME_MODES::SHOWTIME_TOP5) || (ordinal<=5)) {
             std::cout << iter->first << ": " << sec << "s (avg. " << secAverage << "s - " << iter->second.mNumberOfResults  << " result(s))" << std::endl;
         }
diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 47ad27ce3..dc981432a 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -3251,8 +3251,14 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1(const std::string &configuration)
 
     mConfiguration = configuration;
 
-    if (!simplifyTokenList1(list.getFiles().front().c_str()))
-        return false;
+    if (mTimerResults) {
+        Timer t("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1::simplifyTokenList1", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
+        if (!simplifyTokenList1(list.getFiles().front().c_str()))
+            return false;
+    } else {
+        if (!simplifyTokenList1(list.getFiles().front().c_str()))
+            return false;
+    }
 
     if (mTimerResults) {
         Timer t("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1::createAst", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
@@ -5298,7 +5304,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList1(const char FileName[])
 
     // Bail out if code is garbage
     if (mTimerResults) {
-        Timer t("Tokenizer::tokenize::findGarbageCode", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
+        Timer t("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1::simplifyTokenList1::findGarbageCode", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
         findGarbageCode();
     } else {
         findGarbageCode();
@@ -5469,7 +5475,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList1(const char FileName[])
 
     // typedef..
     if (mTimerResults) {
-        Timer t("Tokenizer::tokenize::simplifyTypedef", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
+        Timer t("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1::simplifyTokenList1::simplifyTypedef", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
         simplifyTypedef();
     } else {
         simplifyTypedef();
@@ -5577,7 +5583,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList1(const char FileName[])
     if (!isC()) {
         // Handle templates..
         if (mTimerResults) {
-            Timer t("Tokenizer::tokenize::simplifyTemplates", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
+            Timer t("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1::simplifyTokenList1::simplifyTemplates", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
             simplifyTemplates();
         } else {
             simplifyTemplates();
@@ -5607,7 +5613,7 @@ bool Tokenizer::simplifyTokenList1(const char FileName[])
     validate(); // #6772 "segmentation fault (invalid code) in Tokenizer::setVarId"
 
     if (mTimerResults) {
-        Timer t("Tokenizer::tokenize::setVarId", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
+        Timer t("Tokenizer::simplifyTokens1::simplifyTokenList1::setVarId", mSettings->showtime, mTimerResults);
         setVarId();
     } else {
         setVarId();