diff -urNp mc-4.8.18.orig/src/setup.c mc-4.8.18/src/setup.c
--- mc-4.8.18.orig/src/setup.c	2017-02-09 07:48:30.365640270 +0000
+++ mc-4.8.18/src/setup.c	2017-02-09 07:48:45.664640098 +0000
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int verbose = 1;
  * information about copy/move sizes and bytes transferred
  * at the expense of some speed
  */
-int file_op_compute_totals = 1;
+int file_op_compute_totals = 0;
 
 /* If true use the internal viewer */
 int use_internal_view = 1;