diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
index f938c585d51248ddfc3277383098c05f5a8df60f..cf797362675ba86bf3c2fa2e1015bddc9b8be7a2 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/epoll-wait.c
@@ -519,7 +519,8 @@ int bench_epoll_wait(int argc, const char **argv)
 		qsort(worker, nthreads, sizeof(struct worker), cmpworker);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
-		unsigned long t = worker[i].ops / bench__runtime.tv_sec;
+		unsigned long t = bench__runtime.tv_sec > 0 ?
+			worker[i].ops / bench__runtime.tv_sec : 0;
 
 		update_stats(&throughput_stats, t);
 
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
index 65eebe06c04d406b2fa11c5c43d443675af12b88..915bf3da7ce222673d033da5343ba816df791e51 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
@@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ int bench_futex_hash(int argc, const char **argv)
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&thread_lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
-		unsigned long t = worker[i].ops / bench__runtime.tv_sec;
+		unsigned long t = bench__runtime.tv_sec > 0 ?
+			worker[i].ops / bench__runtime.tv_sec : 0;
 		update_stats(&throughput_stats, t);
 		if (!silent) {
 			if (nfutexes == 1)
diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
index 89fd8f325f384eeac2f5e71c246b1e9aff2f28eb..bb25d8beb3b852f71def15136fcc5f22de816aca 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-lock-pi.c
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ int bench_futex_lock_pi(int argc, const char **argv)
 	pthread_mutex_destroy(&thread_lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nthreads; i++) {
-		unsigned long t = worker[i].ops / bench__runtime.tv_sec;
+		unsigned long t = bench__runtime.tv_sec > 0 ?
+			worker[i].ops / bench__runtime.tv_sec : 0;
 
 		update_stats(&throughput_stats, t);
 		if (!silent)