diff --git a/processing_handler.go b/processing_handler.go
index b0db77ac..a9a18b2e 100644
--- a/processing_handler.go
+++ b/processing_handler.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/cookiejar"
@@ -138,11 +137,7 @@ func respondWithNotModified(reqID string, r *http.Request, rw http.ResponseWrite
 }
 
 func handleProcessing(reqID string, rw http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-	ctx, timeoutCancel := context.WithTimeout(r.Context(), time.Duration(config.WriteTimeout)*time.Second)
-	defer timeoutCancel()
-
-	var metricsCancel context.CancelFunc
-	ctx, metricsCancel, rw = metrics.StartRequest(ctx, rw, r)
+	ctx, metricsCancel, rw := metrics.StartRequest(r.Context(), rw, r)
 	defer metricsCancel()
 
 	path := r.RequestURI
diff --git a/router/router.go b/router/router.go
index 6f285c61..d5874dfd 100644
--- a/router/router.go
+++ b/router/router.go
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ func (r *Router) HEAD(prefix string, handler RouteHandler, exact bool) {
 }
 
 func (r *Router) ServeHTTP(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
-	req = setRequestTime(req)
+	req, timeoutCancel := startRequestTimer(req)
+	defer timeoutCancel()
 
 	reqID := req.Header.Get(xRequestIDHeader)
 
diff --git a/router/timer.go b/router/timer.go
index efce6dbb..b34a6f00 100644
--- a/router/timer.go
+++ b/router/timer.go
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/config"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/ierrors"
 	"github.com/imgproxy/imgproxy/v3/metrics"
 )
 
 type timerSinceCtxKey = struct{}
 
-func setRequestTime(r *http.Request) *http.Request {
-	return r.WithContext(
-		context.WithValue(r.Context(), timerSinceCtxKey{}, time.Now()),
-	)
+func startRequestTimer(r *http.Request) (*http.Request, context.CancelFunc) {
+	ctx := r.Context()
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, timerSinceCtxKey{}, time.Now())
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, time.Duration(config.WriteTimeout)*time.Second)
+	return r.WithContext(ctx), cancel
 }
 
 func ctxTime(ctx context.Context) time.Duration {