diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 05d84dd5f..fb3bbe0ac 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 - Fixed a typo that resulted in the minimum password length not being correctly initialized
 - Fixed a problem with parsing and displaying -m 7000 = Fortigate (FortiOS) hashes
 - Fixed --remove was not applied in case all hashes have been cracked by help of potfile or weak-hash check
+- Fixed status view progress percentage in case -s was used
 
 ##
 ## Technical
diff --git a/src/hashcat.c b/src/hashcat.c
index 551a15df1..e637704a8 100644
--- a/src/hashcat.c
+++ b/src/hashcat.c
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ static int inner2_loop (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
 
       rd->words_cur = 0;
 
+      // --restore always overrides --skip
+
       user_options->skip = 0;
     }
   }
@@ -102,8 +104,6 @@ static int inner2_loop (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   {
     status_ctx->words_off = user_options->skip;
     status_ctx->words_cur = status_ctx->words_off;
-
-    user_options->skip = 0;
   }
 
   opencl_session_reset (hashcat_ctx);
@@ -318,6 +318,11 @@ static int inner2_loop (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
     }
   }
 
+  // in case the user specified a --skip parameter we can use it only for the first inner loop
+  // we need to reset this
+
+  user_options->skip = 0;
+
   return 0;
 }