diff --git a/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go b/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
index c562a281b794..25368a7bc641 100644
--- a/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
+++ b/metrics/influxdb/influxdb.go
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ func (r *reporter) send() error {
 					"m5":       ms.Rate5(),
 					"m15":      ms.Rate15(),
 					"meanrate": ms.RateMean(),
+					"total":    int64(ms.Total()),
 				},
 				Time: now,
 			})
diff --git a/metrics/influxdb/influxdbv2.go b/metrics/influxdb/influxdbv2.go
index 24808791a98d..9996caa694d1 100644
--- a/metrics/influxdb/influxdbv2.go
+++ b/metrics/influxdb/influxdbv2.go
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ func (r *v2Reporter) send() {
 				"m5":       ms.Rate5(),
 				"m15":      ms.Rate15(),
 				"meanrate": ms.RateMean(),
+				"total":    int64(ms.Total()),
 			}
 
 			pt := influxdb2.NewPoint(measurement, r.tags, fields, now)
diff --git a/metrics/timer.go b/metrics/timer.go
index 2e1a9be47295..a4dd8281e7ee 100644
--- a/metrics/timer.go
+++ b/metrics/timer.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ type Timer interface {
 	Update(time.Duration)
 	UpdateSince(time.Time)
 	Variance() float64
+	Total() time.Duration
 }
 
 // GetOrRegisterTimer returns an existing Timer or constructs and registers a
@@ -134,11 +135,14 @@ func (NilTimer) UpdateSince(time.Time) {}
 // Variance is a no-op.
 func (NilTimer) Variance() float64 { return 0.0 }
 
+func (NilTimer) Total() time.Duration { return time.Duration(0) }
+
 // StandardTimer is the standard implementation of a Timer and uses a Histogram
 // and Meter.
 type StandardTimer struct {
 	histogram Histogram
 	meter     Meter
+	total     time.Duration
 	mutex     sync.Mutex
 }
 
@@ -200,6 +204,7 @@ func (t *StandardTimer) Snapshot() Timer {
 	return &TimerSnapshot{
 		histogram: t.histogram.Snapshot().(*HistogramSnapshot),
 		meter:     t.meter.Snapshot().(*MeterSnapshot),
+		total:     t.total,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -231,14 +236,12 @@ func (t *StandardTimer) Update(d time.Duration) {
 	defer t.mutex.Unlock()
 	t.histogram.Update(int64(d))
 	t.meter.Mark(1)
+	t.total += d
 }
 
 // Record the duration of an event that started at a time and ends now.
 func (t *StandardTimer) UpdateSince(ts time.Time) {
-	t.mutex.Lock()
-	defer t.mutex.Unlock()
-	t.histogram.Update(int64(time.Since(ts)))
-	t.meter.Mark(1)
+	t.Update(time.Since(ts))
 }
 
 // Variance returns the variance of the values in the sample.
@@ -246,10 +249,16 @@ func (t *StandardTimer) Variance() float64 {
 	return t.histogram.Variance()
 }
 
+// Total returns the total time that events observed by this timer took
+func (t *StandardTimer) Total() time.Duration {
+	return t.total
+}
+
 // TimerSnapshot is a read-only copy of another Timer.
 type TimerSnapshot struct {
 	histogram *HistogramSnapshot
 	meter     *MeterSnapshot
+	total     time.Duration
 }
 
 // Count returns the number of events recorded at the time the snapshot was
@@ -324,3 +333,8 @@ func (*TimerSnapshot) UpdateSince(time.Time) {
 // Variance returns the variance of the values at the time the snapshot was
 // taken.
 func (t *TimerSnapshot) Variance() float64 { return t.histogram.Variance() }
+
+// Total returns the total time that events observed by this timer took
+func (t *TimerSnapshot) Total() time.Duration {
+	return t.total
+}
diff --git a/metrics/timer_test.go b/metrics/timer_test.go
index 903e8e8d496e..162a37cdd019 100644
--- a/metrics/timer_test.go
+++ b/metrics/timer_test.go
@@ -112,3 +112,18 @@ func ExampleGetOrRegisterTimer() {
 	t.Update(47)
 	fmt.Println(t.Max()) // Output: 47
 }
+
+func TestTimerSum(t *testing.T) {
+	tm := GetOrRegisterTimer("test.timer.sum", nil)
+	times := 5000000
+	for i := 0; i < times; i++ {
+		tm.Update(time.Second)
+	}
+	ss := tm.Snapshot()
+	if total := tm.Total().Seconds(); total != float64(times) {
+		t.Errorf("tm.Total().Seconds(): 5000000.0 != %v\n", total)
+	}
+	if total := ss.Total().Seconds(); total != float64(times) {
+		t.Errorf("ss.Total().Seconds(): 5000000.0 != %v\n", total)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/params/version.go b/params/version.go
index a9559904c1b9..145c4bf1b27f 100644
--- a/params/version.go
+++ b/params/version.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	VersionMajor = 5         // Major version component of the current release
 	VersionMinor = 3         // Minor version component of the current release
-	VersionPatch = 22        // Patch version component of the current release
+	VersionPatch = 23        // Patch version component of the current release
 	VersionMeta  = "mainnet" // Version metadata to append to the version string
 )