diff --git a/src/shared/logs-show.c b/src/shared/logs-show.c
index 046ba4ba24..562fe0e78d 100644
--- a/src/shared/logs-show.c
+++ b/src/shared/logs-show.c
@@ -1276,6 +1276,9 @@ static int get_dual_timestamp(sd_journal *j, dual_timestamp *ret_ts, sd_id128_t
                 r = parse_fieldv(data, length, message_fields, ELEMENTSOF(message_fields));
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
+
+                if (realtime && monotonic)
+                        break;
         }
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;