diff --git a/packages/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts b/packages/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts
index bd767bb874..3052c3db97 100644
--- a/packages/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts
+++ b/packages/benchpress/src/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ export class ChromeDriverExtension extends WebDriverExtension {
   static PROVIDERS = [ChromeDriverExtension];
 
   private _majorChromeVersion: number;
+  private _firstRun = true;
 
   constructor(private _driver: WebDriverAdapter, @Inject(Options.USER_AGENT) userAgent: string) {
     super();
@@ -48,6 +49,12 @@ export class ChromeDriverExtension extends WebDriverExtension {
   gc() { return this._driver.executeScript('window.gc()'); }
 
   timeBegin(name: string): Promise<any> {
+    if (this._firstRun) {
+      this._firstRun = false;
+      // Before the first run, read out the existing performance logs
+      // so that the chrome buffer does not fill up.
+      this._driver.logs('performance');
+    }
     return this._driver.executeScript(`console.time('${name}');`);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/benchpress/test/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension_spec.ts b/packages/benchpress/test/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension_spec.ts
index 5cde6cacad..f12d8a8bd6 100644
--- a/packages/benchpress/test/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/benchpress/test/webdriver/chrome_driver_extension_spec.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import {AsyncTestCompleter, describe, expect, inject, it} from '@angular/core/testing/src/testing_internal';
+import {AsyncTestCompleter, describe, expect, iit, inject, it} from '@angular/core/testing/src/testing_internal';
 
 import {ChromeDriverExtension, Options, ReflectiveInjector, WebDriverAdapter, WebDriverExtension} from '../../index';
 import {TraceEventFactory} from '../trace_event_factory';
@@ -61,14 +61,29 @@ export function main() {
          });
        }));
 
-    it('should mark the timeline via console.time()',
+    it('should clear the perf logs and mark the timeline via console.time() on the first call',
        inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
-         createExtension().timeBegin('someName').then((_) => {
-           expect(log).toEqual([['executeScript', `console.time('someName');`]]);
+         createExtension().timeBegin('someName').then(() => {
+           expect(log).toEqual(
+               [['logs', 'performance'], ['executeScript', `console.time('someName');`]]);
            async.done();
          });
        }));
 
+    it('should mark the timeline via console.time() on the second call',
+       inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
+         const ext = createExtension();
+         ext.timeBegin('someName')
+             .then((_) => {
+               log.splice(0, log.length);
+               ext.timeBegin('someName');
+             })
+             .then(() => {
+               expect(log).toEqual([['executeScript', `console.time('someName');`]]);
+               async.done();
+             });
+       }));
+
     it('should mark the timeline via console.timeEnd()',
        inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
          createExtension().timeEnd('someName', null).then((_) => {