diff --git a/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h b/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h
index 7d9503cfa..f0bacbba9 100644
--- a/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h
+++ b/renderdoc/api/replay/structured_data.h
@@ -217,8 +217,9 @@ conservative size estimate was used on creation to avoid seeking to fix-up the s
 
   DOCUMENT(R"(The duration in microseconds that this chunk took. This is the time for the actual
 work, not the serialising.
+Since 0 is a possible value for this (for extremely fast calls), -1 is the invalid/not present value.
 )");
-  uint64_t durationMicro = 0;
+  int64_t durationMicro = -1;
 
   DOCUMENT("The point in time when this chunk was recorded, in microseconds since program start.");
   uint64_t timestampMicro = 0;
diff --git a/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/xml_codec.cpp b/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/xml_codec.cpp
index 7b47297b6..9d6f7ccc5 100644
--- a/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/xml_codec.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/serialise/codecs/xml_codec.cpp
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static ReplayStatus Structured2XML(const char *filename, const RDCFile &file, ui
       xChunk.append_attribute("threadID") = chunk->metadata.threadID;
     if(chunk->metadata.timestampMicro)
       xChunk.append_attribute("timestamp") = chunk->metadata.timestampMicro;
-    if(chunk->metadata.durationMicro)
+    if(chunk->metadata.durationMicro >= 0)
       xChunk.append_attribute("duration") = chunk->metadata.durationMicro;
     if(!chunk->metadata.callstack.empty())
     {
diff --git a/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.cpp b/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.cpp
index deebf68d9..b2664cf4b 100644
--- a/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.cpp
+++ b/renderdoc/serialise/serialiser.cpp
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ void Serialiser<SerialiserMode::Writing>::WriteStructuredFile(const SDFile &file
     if(m_ChunkMetadata.threadID != 0)
       m_ChunkFlags |= ChunkThreadID;
 
-    if(m_ChunkMetadata.durationMicro != 0)
+    if(m_ChunkMetadata.durationMicro >= 0)
       m_ChunkFlags |= ChunkDuration;
 
     if(m_ChunkMetadata.timestampMicro != 0)