diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index 829511a71222..f6aa83ff1565 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 		/* getopt_long stores the option index here. */
 		int option_index = 0;
 
-		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:i:knp:P:s:t::T:uU0123456:7:8:9\1\2:\3",
+		c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:C::b:d:e:E:DhH:i:knp:P:s:t::T:uU0123456:7:8:9\1\2:\3:",
 				 long_options, &option_index);
 
 		/* detect the end of the options. */