diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
index 944070e98a2c..0afcc7eccc61 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/numa.c
@@ -1098,7 +1098,7 @@ static void *worker_thread(void *__tdata)
 	u8 *global_data;
 	u8 *process_data;
 	u8 *thread_data;
-	u64 bytes_done;
+	u64 bytes_done, secs;
 	long work_done;
 	u32 l;
 	struct rusage rusage;
@@ -1254,7 +1254,8 @@ static void *worker_thread(void *__tdata)
 	timersub(&stop, &start0, &diff);
 	td->runtime_ns = diff.tv_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC;
 	td->runtime_ns += diff.tv_usec * NSEC_PER_USEC;
-	td->speed_gbs = bytes_done / (td->runtime_ns / NSEC_PER_SEC) / 1e9;
+	secs = td->runtime_ns / NSEC_PER_SEC;
+	td->speed_gbs = secs ? bytes_done / secs / 1e9 : 0;
 
 	getrusage(RUSAGE_THREAD, &rusage);
 	td->system_time_ns = rusage.ru_stime.tv_sec * NSEC_PER_SEC;