diff --git a/request.go b/request.go
index 27821ae..ed475e5 100644
--- a/request.go
+++ b/request.go
@@ -1251,13 +1251,16 @@ func (r *Request) TraceInfo() TraceInfo {
 		RequestAttempt: r.Attempt,
 	}
 
-	// Calculate the total time accordingly,
-	// when connection is reused
-	if ct.gotConnInfo.Reused {
-		ti.TotalTime = ct.endTime.Sub(ct.getConn)
-	} else {
-		ti.TotalTime = ct.endTime.Sub(ct.dnsStart)
+	// Calculate the total time accordingly when connection is reused,
+	// and DNS start and get conn time may be zero if the request is invalid.
+	// See issue #1016.
+	requestStartTime := r.Time
+	if ct.gotConnInfo.Reused && !ct.getConn.IsZero() {
+		requestStartTime = ct.getConn
+	} else if !ct.dnsStart.IsZero() {
+		requestStartTime = ct.dnsStart
 	}
+	ti.TotalTime = ct.endTime.Sub(requestStartTime)
 
 	// Only calculate on successful connections
 	if !ct.connectDone.IsZero() {
diff --git a/request_test.go b/request_test.go
index b35b389..215e04f 100644
--- a/request_test.go
+++ b/request_test.go
@@ -1830,6 +1830,18 @@ func TestTraceInfo(t *testing.T) {
 
 	})
 
+	t.Run("enable trace on invalid request, issue #1016", func(t *testing.T) {
+		resp, err := client.R().EnableTrace().Get("unknown://url.com")
+		assertNotNil(t, err)
+		tr := resp.Request.TraceInfo()
+		assertEqual(t, true, tr.DNSLookup == 0)
+		assertEqual(t, true, tr.ConnTime == 0)
+		assertEqual(t, true, tr.TLSHandshake == 0)
+		assertEqual(t, true, tr.ServerTime == 0)
+		assertEqual(t, true, tr.ResponseTime == 0)
+		assertEqual(t, true, tr.TotalTime > 0 && tr.TotalTime < time.Second)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("enable trace and debug on request", func(t *testing.T) {
 		c, logBuf := dcldb()
 		c.SetBaseURL(ts.URL)