diff --git a/rtc/TorqueController/TorqueController.cpp b/rtc/TorqueController/TorqueController.cpp
index 81ca37e74d7..8e31125449e 100644
--- a/rtc/TorqueController/TorqueController.cpp
+++ b/rtc/TorqueController/TorqueController.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ RTC::ReturnCode_t TorqueController::onExecute(RTC::UniqueId ec_id)
         m_qRefOut.data[i] = m_qRefIn.data[i];
       }
     }
-    m_qRefOut.tm = tm;
+    m_qRefOut.tm = m_qRefIn.tm;
     m_qRefOutOut.write();
   } else {
       if (isDebug()) {