diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/canvas/qdeclarativetiledcanvas.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/canvas/qdeclarativetiledcanvas.cpp
index 6cbb96f696a..9e086e141af 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/canvas/qdeclarativetiledcanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/canvas/qdeclarativetiledcanvas.cpp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ TiledCanvas::TiledCanvas()
 {
     setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemHasNoContents, false);
     setAcceptedMouseButtons(Qt::LeftButton);
+    setCacheMode(QGraphicsItem::DeviceCoordinateCache);
 }
 
 QSizeF TiledCanvas::canvasSize() const
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.js b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.js
index 98d4151d487..036fdc02a4e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.js
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/qml/MainView.js
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ function drawData(canvas, ctxt, region)
     var sumValue = ranges[ranges.length - 1].start + ranges[ranges.length - 1].duration - ranges[0].start;
     var spacing = width / sumValue;
 
+    ctxt.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,1)";
+    var highest = [0,0,0,0,0];
+
     //### only draw those in range
     for (var ii = 0; ii < ranges.length; ++ii) {
 
@@ -103,8 +106,11 @@ function drawData(canvas, ctxt, region)
         if (size < 0.5)
             size = 0.5;
 
-        ctxt.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,1)" //colors[ranges[ii].type];
-        ctxt.fillRect(xx, ranges[ii].type*10, size, 10);
+        xx = Math.round(xx);
+        if (xx + size > highest[ranges[ii].type]) {
+            ctxt.fillRect(xx, ranges[ii].type*10, size, 10);
+            highest[ranges[ii].type] = xx+size;
+        }
     }
 
     //draw fps overlay
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.cpp b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.cpp
index 58586057829..26a09fd1c19 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ void TimelineView::setRanges(const QScriptValue &value)
 
     for (int i = 0; i < m_rangeList.count(); ++i)
         m_prevLimits << PrevLimits(0, 0);
+
+    qreal startValue = m_ranges.property(0).property("start").toNumber();
+    m_starts.clear();
+    m_starts.reserve(length);
+    m_ends.clear();
+    m_ends.reserve(length);
+    for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
+        m_starts.append(m_ranges.property(i).property("start").toNumber() - startValue);
+        m_ends.append(m_ranges.property(i).property("start").toNumber() + m_ranges.property(i).property("duration").toNumber() - startValue);
+    }
 }
 
 void TimelineView::setStartX(qreal arg)
@@ -127,32 +137,25 @@ void TimelineView::updateTimeline(bool updateStartX)
     qreal oldtw = m_totalWidth;
     m_totalWidth = totalRange * spacing;
 
-    qreal offsets[length][2];
-
-    for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
-        offsets[i][0] = (m_ranges.property(i).property("start").toNumber() - startValue);
-        offsets[i][1] = (m_ranges.property(i).property("start").toNumber() + m_ranges.property(i).property("duration").toNumber() - startValue);
-    }
-
     // Find region samples
     int minsample = 0;
     int maxsample = 0;
 
     for (int i = 0; i < length; ++i) {
-        if (offsets[i][1] >= m_startTime)
+        if (m_ends.at(i) >= m_startTime)
             break;
         minsample = i;
     }
 
     for (int i = minsample + 1; i < length; ++i) {
         maxsample = i;
-        if (offsets[i][0] > m_endTime)
+        if (m_starts.at(i) > m_endTime)
             break;
     }
 
     //### overkill (if we can expose whether or not data is nested)
     for (int i = maxsample + 1; i < length; ++i) {
-        if (offsets[i][0] < m_endTime)
+        if (m_starts.at(i) < m_endTime)
             maxsample = i;
     }
 
@@ -222,8 +225,8 @@ void TimelineView::updateTimeline(bool updateStartX)
             item->setParentItem(this);
         }
         if (item) {
-            item->setX(offsets[i][0]*spacing);
-            item->setWidth(m_ranges.property(i).property("duration").toNumber() * spacing);
+            item->setX(m_starts.at(i)*spacing);
+            item->setWidth((m_ends.at(i)-m_starts.at(i)) * spacing);
             item->setZValue(++z);
         }
         if (creating)
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.h b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.h
index 7e04e58a546..d52e5a8806e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmlprofiler/timelineview.h
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ private:
     qreal m_startX;
     int prevMin;
     int prevMax;
+    QList<qreal> m_starts;
+    QList<qreal> m_ends;
 
     struct PrevLimits {
         PrevLimits(int _min, int _max) : min(_min), max(_max) {}