diff --git a/clientgui/DlgItemProperties.cpp b/clientgui/DlgItemProperties.cpp
index c03809de5d..0c5c6afbc3 100755
--- a/clientgui/DlgItemProperties.cpp
+++ b/clientgui/DlgItemProperties.cpp
@@ -137,19 +137,15 @@ void CDlgItemProperties::renderInfos(PROJECT* project_in) {
 	addSection(_("Scheduling"));
 	addProperty(_("CPU scheduling priority"),wxString::Format(wxT("%0.2f"), project->short_term_debt));
 	addProperty(_("CPU work fetch priority"),wxString::Format(wxT("%0.2f"), project->cpu_long_term_debt));
-    if (project->cpu_backoff_time > dtime()) {
-		addProperty(_("CPU work fetch deferred for"), FormatTime(project->cpu_backoff_time - dtime()));
-    } else {
-        addProperty(_("CPU work fetch not deferred "), _(""));
-    }
+    double x = project->cpu_backoff_time - dtime();
+    if (x<0) x = 0;
+    addProperty(_("CPU work fetch deferred for"), FormatTime(x));
     addProperty(_("CPU work fetch deferral interval"), FormatTime(project->cpu_backoff_interval));
     if (pDoc->state.have_cuda) {
         addProperty(_("NVIDIA GPU work fetch priority"),wxString::Format(wxT("%0.2f"), project->cuda_debt));
-        if (project->cuda_backoff_time > dtime()) {
-            addProperty(_("NVIDIA GPU work fetch deferred for"), FormatTime(project->cuda_backoff_time - dtime()));
-        } else {
-            addProperty(_("NVIDIA GPU work fetch not deferred "), _(""));
-        }
+        x = project->cuda_backoff_time > dtime();
+        if (x<0) x = 0;
+        addProperty(_("NVIDIA GPU work fetch deferred for"), FormatTime(x));
         addProperty(_("NVIDIA GPU work fetch deferral interval"), FormatTime(project->cuda_backoff_interval));
     }
 	addProperty(_("Duration correction factor"),wxString::Format(wxT("%0.4f"), project->duration_correction_factor));