diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/DownloadJob.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/DownloadJob.java
index f4c5b89c9..918de138c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/DownloadJob.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/DownloadJob.java
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ public class DownloadJob extends Job {
 
 	private final LinkedList<IArtifactRequest> requestsPending;
 	private final SimpleArtifactRepository repository;
-	private final IProgressMonitor masterMonitor;
+	private final SubMonitor masterMonitor;
 	private final MultiStatus overallStatus;
 
 	DownloadJob(String name, SimpleArtifactRepository repository, LinkedList<IArtifactRequest> requestsPending,
-			IProgressMonitor masterMonitor, MultiStatus overallStatus) {
+			SubMonitor masterMonitor, MultiStatus overallStatus) {
 		super(name);
 		setSystem(true);
 		this.repository = repository;
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ protected IStatus run(IProgressMonitor jobMonitor) {
 			if (masterMonitor.isCanceled())
 				return Status.CANCEL_STATUS;
 			// process the actual request
-			SubMonitor subMonitor = SubMonitor.convert(masterMonitor.slice(1), 1);
-			IStatus status = repository.getArtifact(request, subMonitor);
+			IStatus status = repository.getArtifact(request, masterMonitor.newChild(1));
 			if (!status.isOK()) {
 				synchronized (overallStatus) {
 					overallStatus.add(status);
diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/SimpleArtifactRepository.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/SimpleArtifactRepository.java
index edb44e52b..2daf80dd7 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/SimpleArtifactRepository.java
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository/src/org/eclipse/equinox/internal/p2/artifact/repository/simple/SimpleArtifactRepository.java
@@ -914,11 +914,12 @@ public IStatus getArtifacts(IArtifactRequest[] requests, IProgressMonitor monito
 			}
 		} else {
 			// initialize the various jobs needed to process the get artifact requests
-			monitor.beginTask(NLS.bind(Messages.sar_downloading, Integer.toString(requests.length)), requests.length);
+			SubMonitor subMonitor = SubMonitor.convert(monitor,
+					NLS.bind(Messages.sar_downloading, Integer.toString(requests.length)), requests.length);
 			try {
 				DownloadJob jobs[] = new DownloadJob[numberOfJobs];
 				for (int i = 0; i < numberOfJobs; i++) {
-					jobs[i] = new DownloadJob(Messages.sar_downloadJobName + i, this, requestsPending, monitor,
+					jobs[i] = new DownloadJob(Messages.sar_downloadJobName + i, this, requestsPending, subMonitor,
 							overallStatus);
 					jobs[i].schedule();
 				}
@@ -929,7 +930,7 @@ public IStatus getArtifacts(IArtifactRequest[] requests, IProgressMonitor monito
 					//ignore
 				}
 			} finally {
-				monitor.done();
+				subMonitor.done();
 			}
 		}