diff --git a/lib/console.js b/lib/console.js
index a0158ec6643782..07f177d595deb2 100644
--- a/lib/console.js
+++ b/lib/console.js
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ Console.prototype.dir = function dir(object, options) {
 Console.prototype.time = function time(label = 'default') {
   // Coerces everything other than Symbol to a string
   label = `${label}`;
+  if (this._times.has(label)) {
+    process.emitWarning(`Label '${label}' already exists for console.time()`);
+    return;
+  }
   this._times.set(label, process.hrtime());
 };
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-console.js b/test/parallel/test-console.js
index 4bac35c65dfc70..64df389be691c6 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-console.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-console.js
@@ -138,6 +138,20 @@ console.timeEnd();
 console.time(NaN);
 console.timeEnd(NaN);
 
+// make sure calling time twice without timeEnd doesn't reset the timer.
+console.time('test');
+const time = console._times.get('test');
+setTimeout(() => {
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(console._times.get('test'), time);
+  common.expectWarning(
+    'Warning',
+    'Label \'test\' already exists for console.time()',
+    common.noWarnCode);
+  console.time('test');
+  console.timeEnd('test');
+}, 1);
+
+
 console.assert(false, '%s should', 'console.assert', 'not throw');
 assert.strictEqual(errStrings[errStrings.length - 1],
                    'Assertion failed: console.assert should not throw\n');