diff --git a/dumux/common/timeloop.hh b/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
index 4ae0fe9983204708fdc3748f4642f8f5a0a5011b..c683c8292e99525c00e04549900880e5e9e82ee4 100644
--- a/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
+++ b/dumux/common/timeloop.hh
@@ -192,10 +192,10 @@ public:
     { endTime_ = t; }
 
     /*!
-     * \brief Returns the current wall clock time (cpu time).
+     * \brief Returns the current wall clock time (cpu time) spend in this time loop
      */
     double wallClockTime() const
-    {  return cpuTime_; }
+    { return timer_.elapsed(); }
 
     /*!
      * \brief Set the current time step size to a given value.