diff --git a/src/refit/client/REFITBenchmark.java b/src/refit/client/REFITBenchmark.java
index 7373d4dd3950720da6d168435dd04642b4f196e5..d22074ccbdc340c1070e8f775fa25ae7f68d9e13 100644
--- a/src/refit/client/REFITBenchmark.java
+++ b/src/refit/client/REFITBenchmark.java
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ public class REFITBenchmark implements REFITStatisticsListener {
 
 		// Wait for benchmark end
 		statistics.start();
+		// Delay the policy start a bit to make it very likely that the policy completes a short time
+		// after a statistics interval result is printed
+		REFITTime.sleep(79);
 		policy.execute();
 		statistics.end();
 
diff --git a/src/refit/util/REFITIntervalStatistics.java b/src/refit/util/REFITIntervalStatistics.java
index dba947b64707914d63a3629aa2770fd2acd16a94..f30d025ef325778b1e35ecb9b474d8b3069862f8 100644
--- a/src/refit/util/REFITIntervalStatistics.java
+++ b/src/refit/util/REFITIntervalStatistics.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class REFITIntervalStatistics extends Thread {
 	private final WriterReaderPhaser eventPhaser;
 	private final AtomicBoolean firstEvent;
 
+	public int lastEpochCounter;
 	public long overallDurationInUs;
 	public int overallEventCounter;
 	public long overallEventValueAggregation;
@@ -103,7 +104,13 @@ public class REFITIntervalStatistics extends Thread {
 			long myEventValueMax = oldEvent.valueMax.get();
 			eventPhaser.readerUnlock();
 
+			// don't print incomplete last interval
+			if (!running) {
+				break;
+			}
+
 			// update overall counters
+			lastEpochCounter = myResultIndex;
 			overallEventCounter += myEventCount;
 			overallEventValueAggregation += myEventValueAggregation;
 
@@ -154,7 +161,7 @@ public class REFITIntervalStatistics extends Thread {
 		eventPhaser.flipPhase();
 		eventPhaser.readerUnlock();
 
-		listener.statisticsOverallResult(event.epochCounter - 1,
+		listener.statisticsOverallResult(lastEpochCounter,
 				overallEventCounter,
 				overallEventCounter / (float) (overallDurationInUs / (intervalInMs * 1000)),
 				overallEventValueAggregation / (float) overallEventCounter);