diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
index 608609fb3..84606b08e 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SSH2.php
@@ -3734,7 +3734,9 @@ function _get_binary_packet($skip_channel_filter = false)
 
         $remaining_length = $packet_length + 4 - $this->decrypt_block_size;
 
-        $this->bytesTransferredSinceLastKEX+= $packet_length + $padding_length + 5;
+        if (!$this->keyExchangeInProgress) {
+            $this->bytesTransferredSinceLastKEX+= $packet_length + $padding_length + 5;
+        }
 
         // quoting <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4253#section-6.1>,
         // "implementations SHOULD check that the packet length is reasonable"
@@ -4451,7 +4453,9 @@ function _send_binary_packet($data, $logged = null)
 
         $packet.= $hmac;
 
-        $this->bytesTransferredSinceLastKEX+= strlen($packet);
+        if (!$this->keyExchangeInProgress) {
+            $this->bytesTransferredSinceLastKEX+= strlen($packet);
+        }
         
         $start = microtime(true);
         $result = strlen($packet) == @fputs($this->fsock, $packet);