diff --git a/lib/model/folder.go b/lib/model/folder.go
index 550271f8e..b62281562 100644
--- a/lib/model/folder.go
+++ b/lib/model/folder.go
@@ -462,11 +462,10 @@ func (f *folder) scanSubdirs(subDirs []string) error {
 	}
 	defer f.ioLimiter.Give(1)
 
-	t0 := time.Now()
-	defer func() {
-		metricFolderScans.WithLabelValues(f.ID).Inc()
-		metricFolderScanSeconds.WithLabelValues(f.ID).Add(time.Since(t0).Seconds())
-	}()
+	metricFolderScans.WithLabelValues(f.ID).Inc()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(f.ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	go addTimeUntilCancelled(ctx, metricFolderScanSeconds.WithLabelValues(f.ID))
 
 	for i := range subDirs {
 		sub := osutil.NativeFilename(subDirs[i])
diff --git a/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go b/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go
index 4ab2f90ba..693b455ac 100644
--- a/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go
+++ b/lib/model/folder_sendrecv.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package model
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -163,13 +164,10 @@ func (f *sendReceiveFolder) pull() (bool, error) {
 	scanChan := make(chan string)
 	go f.pullScannerRoutine(scanChan)
 
-	t0 := time.Now()
-	defer func() {
-		close(scanChan)
-		f.setState(FolderIdle)
-		metricFolderPulls.WithLabelValues(f.ID).Inc()
-		metricFolderPullSeconds.WithLabelValues(f.ID).Add(time.Since(t0).Seconds())
-	}()
+	metricFolderPulls.WithLabelValues(f.ID).Inc()
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(f.ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+	go addTimeUntilCancelled(ctx, metricFolderPullSeconds.WithLabelValues(f.ID))
 
 	changed := 0
 
diff --git a/lib/model/util.go b/lib/model/util.go
index 77b542226..3bc9079b6 100644
--- a/lib/model/util.go
+++ b/lib/model/util.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package model
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	"github.com/syncthing/syncthing/lib/events"
 	"github.com/syncthing/syncthing/lib/fs"
 	"github.com/syncthing/syncthing/lib/ur"
@@ -117,11 +119,11 @@ func inWritableDir(fn func(string) error, targetFs fs.Filesystem, path string, i
 
 	const permBits = fs.ModePerm | fs.ModeSetuid | fs.ModeSetgid | fs.ModeSticky
 	var parentErr error
-	if mode := info.Mode() & permBits; mode&0200 == 0 {
+	if mode := info.Mode() & permBits; mode&0o200 == 0 {
 		// A non-writeable directory (for this user; we assume that's the
 		// relevant part). Temporarily change the mode so we can delete the
 		// file or directory inside it.
-		parentErr = targetFs.Chmod(dir, mode|0700)
+		parentErr = targetFs.Chmod(dir, mode|0o700)
 		if parentErr != nil {
 			l.Debugf("Failed to make parent directory writable: %v", parentErr)
 		} else {
@@ -148,3 +150,23 @@ func inWritableDir(fn func(string) error, targetFs fs.Filesystem, path string, i
 	}
 	return err
 }
+
+// addTimeUntilCancelled adds time to the counter for the duration of the
+// Context. We do this piecemeal so that polling the counter during a long
+// operation shows a relevant value, instead of the counter just increasing
+// by a large amount at the end of the operation.
+func addTimeUntilCancelled(ctx context.Context, counter prometheus.Counter) {
+	t0 := time.Now()
+	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Second)
+	defer ticker.Stop()
+	for {
+		select {
+		case <-ticker.C:
+			t1 := time.Now()
+			counter.Add(t1.Sub(t0).Seconds())
+			t0 = t1
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			counter.Add(time.Since(t0).Seconds())
+		}
+	}
+}