diff --git a/daemon/main.c b/daemon/main.c
index 29ed3103f..42395f005 100644
--- a/daemon/main.c
+++ b/daemon/main.c
@@ -1351,8 +1351,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "release closed sockets", 1000000);
 
 	/* separate thread for update of running min/max call counters */
-	thread_create_detach_prio(call_rate_stats_updater, NULL, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
-			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "call rate stats");
+	thread_create_looper(call_rate_stats_updater, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
+			rtpe_config.idle_priority, "call rate stats", 1000000);
 
 	/* separate thread for ports iterations (stats update from the kernel) functionality */
 	thread_create_looper(kernel_stats_updater, rtpe_config.idle_scheduling,
diff --git a/daemon/statistics.c b/daemon/statistics.c
index bb3d12872..7c97d1042 100644
--- a/daemon/statistics.c
+++ b/daemon/statistics.c
@@ -1022,27 +1022,17 @@ const char *statistics_ng(bencode_item_t *input, bencode_item_t *output) {
 /**
  * Separate thread for update of running min/max call counters.
  */
-void call_rate_stats_updater(void * dummy) {
-	bool first_run = true;
-	struct timeval last_run = (struct timeval) {0,0};
+enum thread_looper_action call_rate_stats_updater() {
+	static struct timeval last_run;
 
-	while (!rtpe_shutdown) {
-		struct timeval tv_start;
-		long long run_diff_us;
+	stats_rate_min_max(&rtpe_rate_graphite_min_max, &rtpe_stats_rate);
 
-		gettimeofday(&tv_start, NULL);	/* current run */
-		run_diff_us = timeval_diff(&tv_start, &last_run); /* TODO: do we need `run_diff_us` at all? */
-		last_run = tv_start;	/* for the next cycle */
-
-		stats_rate_min_max(&rtpe_rate_graphite_min_max, &rtpe_stats_rate);
-
-		if (!first_run) /* `stats_counters_calc_rate()` shouldn't be called on the very first cycle */
-			stats_counters_calc_rate(&rtpe_stats, run_diff_us, &rtpe_stats_intv, &rtpe_stats_rate);
+	if (!last_run.tv_sec) { /* `stats_counters_calc_rate()` shouldn't be called on the very first cycle */
+		long long run_diff_us = timeval_diff(&rtpe_now, &last_run);
+		stats_counters_calc_rate(&rtpe_stats, run_diff_us, &rtpe_stats_intv, &rtpe_stats_rate);
+	}
 
-		thread_cancel_enable();
-		usleep(1000000);			/* sleep for 1 second in each iteration */
-		thread_cancel_disable();
+	last_run = rtpe_now;
 
-		first_run = false;
-	}
+	return TLA_CONTINUE;
 }
diff --git a/include/statistics.h b/include/statistics.h
index 2a109c13b..23c301589 100644
--- a/include/statistics.h
+++ b/include/statistics.h
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ void statistics_update_foreignown_inc(struct call* c);
 GQueue *statistics_gather_metrics(struct interface_sampled_rate_stats *);
 void statistics_free_metrics(GQueue **);
 const char *statistics_ng(bencode_item_t *input, bencode_item_t *output);
-void call_rate_stats_updater(void * dummy);
+enum thread_looper_action call_rate_stats_updater(void);
 
 /**
  * Calculation of the call rate counters.