diff --git a/misc/maintenance/touch_all_biblios.pl b/misc/maintenance/touch_all_biblios.pl
index d0910899ba..b6a5addf38 100755
--- a/misc/maintenance/touch_all_biblios.pl
+++ b/misc/maintenance/touch_all_biblios.pl
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ my $endtime = time();
 my $time = $endtime-$startime;
 my $accuracy = ($goodcount / $totalcount) * 100; # this is a percentage
 my $averagetime = 0;
-unless ($time == 0) { $averagetime = $totalcount / $time; };
+$averagetime = $time / $totalcount if $totalcount;
 print "Good: $goodcount, Bad: $badcount (of $totalcount) in $time seconds\n";
 printf "Accuracy: %.2f%%\nAverage time per record: %.6f seconds\n", $accuracy, $averagetime if (defined $verbose);
 
diff --git a/misc/maintenance/touch_all_items.pl b/misc/maintenance/touch_all_items.pl
index fdbce5c936..64c70e37e6 100755
--- a/misc/maintenance/touch_all_items.pl
+++ b/misc/maintenance/touch_all_items.pl
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ my $endtime = time();
 my $time = $endtime-$startime;
 my $accuracy = ($goodcount / $totalcount) * 100; # this is a percentage
 my $averagetime = 0;
-unless ($time == 0) {$averagetime = $totalcount / $time;};
+$averagetime = $time / $totalcount if $totalcount;
 print "Good: $goodcount, Bad: $badcount (of $totalcount) in $time seconds\n";
 printf "Accuracy: %.2f%%\nAverage time per record: %.6f seconds\n", $accuracy, $averagetime if (defined $verbose);