diff --git a/benchmarks/kis_projection_benchmark.cpp b/benchmarks/kis_projection_benchmark.cpp
index 3a1ff0b043..1bb98f2d0d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/kis_projection_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/benchmarks/kis_projection_benchmark.cpp
@@ -1,62 +1,67 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright (c) 2010 Lukáš Tvrdý lukast.dev@gmail.com
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 #include <QTest>
 
 #include "kis_projection_benchmark.h"
 #include "kis_benchmark_values.h"
 
 #include <KoColor.h>
 
 #include <kis_group_layer.h>
 #include <kis_paint_device.h>
 #include <KisDocument.h>
 #include <kis_image.h>
 #include <KisPart.h>
 
 void KisProjectionBenchmark::initTestCase()
 {
 
 }
 
 void KisProjectionBenchmark::cleanupTestCase()
 {
 }
 
 
 void KisProjectionBenchmark::benchmarkProjection()
 {
-    QBENCHMARK{
-        KisDocument *doc = KisPart::instance()->createDocument();
-        doc->loadNativeFormat(QString(FILES_DATA_DIR) + QDir::separator() + "load_test.kra");
-        doc->image()->refreshGraph();
-        doc->exportDocument(QUrl::fromLocalFile(QString(FILES_OUTPUT_DIR) + QDir::separator() + "save_test.kra"));
-        delete doc;
+    KisDocument *doc = KisPart::instance()->createDocument();
+    doc->loadNativeFormat(QString(FILES_DATA_DIR) + QDir::separator() + "load_test.kra");
+
+    qApp->processEvents();
+    QTest::qWait(100);
+
+    QBENCHMARK_ONCE {
+        doc->image()->refreshGraphAsync();
+        doc->image()->waitForDone();
     }
+
+    delete doc;
 }
 
 void KisProjectionBenchmark::benchmarkLoading()
 {
     QBENCHMARK{
         KisDocument *doc2 = KisPart::instance()->createDocument();
         doc2->loadNativeFormat(QString(FILES_DATA_DIR) + QDir::separator() + "load_test.kra");
         delete doc2;
     }
 }
 
 
 QTEST_MAIN(KisProjectionBenchmark)