diff --git a/gsk/gpu/gskglbuffer.c b/gsk/gpu/gskglbuffer.c
index d0456a9233..c5a98fcd4e 100644
--- a/gsk/gpu/gskglbuffer.c
+++ b/gsk/gpu/gskglbuffer.c
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #include "config.h"
 
-#include <gdk/gdkprofilerprivate.h>
-
 #include "gskglbufferprivate.h"
 
 struct _GskGLBuffer
@@ -16,9 +14,6 @@ struct _GskGLBuffer
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (GskGLBuffer, gsk_gl_buffer, GSK_TYPE_GPU_BUFFER)
 
-static guint profiler_buffer_uploads_id;
-static gint64 profiler_buffer_uploads;
-
 static void
 gsk_gl_buffer_finalize (GObject *object)
 {
@@ -49,9 +44,7 @@ gsk_gl_buffer_unmap (GskGpuBuffer *buffer,
 
   gsk_gl_buffer_bind (self);
 
-  profiler_buffer_uploads += used;
   glBufferSubData (self->target, 0, used, self->data);
-  gdk_profiler_set_int_counter (profiler_buffer_uploads_id, profiler_buffer_uploads);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -64,8 +57,6 @@ gsk_gl_buffer_class_init (GskGLBufferClass *klass)
   buffer_class->unmap = gsk_gl_buffer_unmap;
 
   gobject_class->finalize = gsk_gl_buffer_finalize;
-
-  profiler_buffer_uploads_id = gdk_profiler_define_int_counter ("ngl-buffer-uploads", "Number of bytes uploaded to GPU");
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/gsk/gpu/gskgpubuffer.c b/gsk/gpu/gskgpubuffer.c
index de143ff5a4..c640fed235 100644
--- a/gsk/gpu/gskgpubuffer.c
+++ b/gsk/gpu/gskgpubuffer.c
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 #include "gskgpubufferprivate.h"
 
+#include <gdk/gdkprofilerprivate.h>
+
 typedef struct _GskGpuBufferPrivate GskGpuBufferPrivate;
 
 struct _GskGpuBufferPrivate
@@ -11,9 +13,13 @@ struct _GskGpuBufferPrivate
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE_WITH_PRIVATE (GskGpuBuffer, gsk_gpu_buffer, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 
+static guint profiler_buffer_uploads_id;
+static gint64 profiler_buffer_uploads;
+
 static void
 gsk_gpu_buffer_class_init (GskGpuBufferClass *klass)
 {
+  profiler_buffer_uploads_id = gdk_profiler_define_int_counter ("ngl-buffer-uploads", "Number of bytes uploaded to GPU");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -29,7 +35,7 @@ gsk_gpu_buffer_setup (GskGpuBuffer *self,
 
   priv->size = size;
 }
-                     
+
 gsize
 gsk_gpu_buffer_get_size (GskGpuBuffer *self)
 {
@@ -49,5 +55,8 @@ gsk_gpu_buffer_unmap (GskGpuBuffer *self,
                       gsize         size)
 {
   GSK_GPU_BUFFER_GET_CLASS (self)->unmap (self, size);
+
+  profiler_buffer_uploads += size;
+  gdk_profiler_set_int_counter (profiler_buffer_uploads_id, profiler_buffer_uploads);
 }