diff --git a/taler-monitoring.sh b/taler-monitoring.sh
index 5db2872..7c0bce2 100755
--- a/taler-monitoring.sh
+++ b/taler-monitoring.sh
@@ -580,7 +580,11 @@ if [ "$RUN_TIMED_OUT" = "1" ]; then
     "$RUN_TIMEOUT" "$elapsed"
 fi
 
-# Snap progress bar to real global count (done/total) once for the whole run
+# Snap progress bar to real global count (done/total) once for the whole run.
+# Reload TALER_MON_STATE — check_*.sh update done/total in a separate process.
+if type _mon_state_load >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  _mon_state_load
+fi
 if type progress_finish >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   printf '\n'
   progress_finish