diff --git a/app/models/person.rb b/app/models/person.rb
index 114250a51..a551c991b 100644
--- a/app/models/person.rb
+++ b/app/models/person.rb
@@ -68,16 +68,11 @@ class Person
   end
 
   def real_name
-    result = nil
-    time = Benchmark.realtime do
-      result = if profile.first_name.nil? || profile.first_name.empty?
-                 self.diaspora_handle
-               else
-                 "#{profile.first_name.to_s} #{profile.last_name.to_s}"
-               end
-    end
-    Rails.logger.info "event=real_name ms=#{time}"
-    result
+    @real_name ||= if profile.first_name.nil? || profile.first_name.empty?
+                     self.diaspora_handle
+                   else
+                     "#{profile.first_name.to_s} #{profile.last_name.to_s}"
+                   end
   end
 
   def owns?(post)