diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6bae40d384..4d863d41ea 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-05-04  Mukund Sivaraman  <muks@mukund.org>
+
+	* plug-ins/common/edge.c: reduced the number of progress updates.
+
 2007-05-04  Mukund Sivaraman  <muks@mukund.org>
 
 	* plug-ins/common/fractaltrace.c: whoops. fixed progress when
diff --git a/plug-ins/common/edge.c b/plug-ins/common/edge.c
index 78f55e0773..dd86543771 100644
--- a/plug-ins/common/edge.c
+++ b/plug-ins/common/edge.c
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ edge (GimpDrawable *drawable)
   gint              maxval;
   gint              cur_progress;
   gint              max_progress;
+  gdouble           per_progress;
 
   if (evals.amount < 1.0)
     evals.amount = 1.0;
@@ -297,7 +298,8 @@ edge (GimpDrawable *drawable)
   maxval = 255;
 
   cur_progress = 0;
-  max_progress = (x2 - x1) * (y2 - y1);
+  per_progress = 0.0;
+  max_progress = (x2 - x1) * (y2 - y1) / 100;
 
   gimp_pixel_rgn_init (&src_rgn, drawable, x1, y1, x2-x1, y2-y1, FALSE, FALSE);
   gimp_pixel_rgn_init (&dest_rgn, drawable, x1, y1, x2-x1, y2-y1, TRUE, TRUE);
@@ -384,9 +386,17 @@ edge (GimpDrawable *drawable)
             }
         }
       cur_progress += dest_rgn.w * dest_rgn.h;
-      gimp_progress_update ((double) cur_progress / (double) max_progress);
+
+      if (cur_progress > max_progress)
+        {
+          cur_progress = cur_progress - max_progress;
+          per_progress = per_progress + 0.01;
+          gimp_progress_update (per_progress);
+        }
     }
 
+  gimp_progress_update (1.0);
+
   gimp_pixel_fetcher_destroy (pft);
 
   gimp_drawable_flush (drawable);