Justin Timberlake is in no rush to pop the question to his girlfriend Jessica Biel, according to his former NSync pal Joey Fatone.

Jess and Justin have been dating since early last year when he serenaded her at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah.

But ex-Nysnc Joey claims that an engagement is not on the cards because it's bad timing for the singer. 

"I think he finally met somebody that he wants to spend the rest of his life. You never know (about an engagement), but I don't know if it's the appropriate time right now," says Joey.

"You know what, I think he is just playing it by ear. If it ain't broke don't fix it."

And Jess herself appears to be in no rush to walk down the aisle.

"The actual idea of signing those papers and doing all this stuff... I've never been someone who's like, 'I have to, have to, have to have it," she said to Us Weekly.