diff --git a/src/openvpn/forward.c b/src/openvpn/forward.c
index dfc6708..1c9b4f8 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/forward.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/forward.c
@@ -838,6 +838,19 @@
 static void
 check_coarse_timers(struct context *c)
 {
+#ifdef ENABLE_MANAGEMENT
+    /* The 'bytecount' command starts a timer at runtime, but it would not be
+     * processed if coarse_timer_wakeup was previously set to a higher value.
+     * Therefore, if the command has arrived, we reset coarse_timer_wakeup in
+     * to order to update it accordingly.
+     */
+    if (management && management->connection.bytecount_interval_changed)
+    {
+        reset_coarse_timers(c);
+        management->connection.bytecount_interval_changed = false;
+    }
+#endif /* ENABLE_MANAGEMENT */
+
     if (now < c->c2.coarse_timer_wakeup)
     {
         context_reschedule_sec(c, c->c2.coarse_timer_wakeup - now);
diff --git a/src/openvpn/manage.c b/src/openvpn/manage.c
index 8836e79..0df78ee 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/manage.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/manage.c
@@ -503,6 +503,7 @@
         man->connection.bytecount_update_seconds = 0;
         event_timeout_clear(&man->connection.bytecount_update_interval);
     }
+    man->connection.bytecount_interval_changed = true;
     msg(M_CLIENT, "SUCCESS: bytecount interval changed");
 }
 
diff --git a/src/openvpn/manage.h b/src/openvpn/manage.h
index eb19a4e..00e3931 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/manage.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/manage.h
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@
     bool state_realtime;
     bool log_realtime;
     bool echo_realtime;
+    bool bytecount_interval_changed;
     int bytecount_update_seconds;
     struct event_timeout bytecount_update_interval;