diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
index ce49c352b666..b9658f213cb5 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
@@ -129,8 +129,7 @@ static void osnoise_hist_update_multiple(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
 	if (params->output_divisor)
 		duration = duration / params->output_divisor;
 
-	if (data->bucket_size)
-		bucket = duration / data->bucket_size;
+	bucket = duration / data->bucket_size;
 
 	total_duration = duration * count;
 
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index cdfe84811345..ed08295bfa12 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -151,8 +151,7 @@ timerlat_hist_update(struct osnoise_tool *tool, int cpu,
 	if (params->output_divisor)
 		latency = latency / params->output_divisor;
 
-	if (data->bucket_size)
-		bucket = latency / data->bucket_size;
+	bucket = latency / data->bucket_size;
 
 	if (!thread) {
 		hist = data->hist[cpu].irq;