diff --git a/extra/sqtt/roc.py b/extra/sqtt/roc.py
index 9752eaf35f..8157b4fa3b 100644
--- a/extra/sqtt/roc.py
+++ b/extra/sqtt/roc.py
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ class _ROCParseCtx:
     insts_blob = bytearray(sz:=ev.instructions_size * ctypes.sizeof(rocprof.rocprofiler_thread_trace_decoder_inst_t))
     ctypes.memmove((ctypes.c_char * sz).from_buffer(insts_blob), ev.instructions_array, sz)
 
-    if ev.instructions_size > 0:
-      self.inst_execs.setdefault(unwrap(self.active_kern), []).append(WaveExec(ev.wave_id, ev.cu, ev.simd, unwrap(self.active_se), ev.begin_time,
+    self.inst_execs.setdefault(unwrap(self.active_kern), []).append(WaveExec(ev.wave_id, ev.cu, ev.simd, unwrap(self.active_se), ev.begin_time,
                                                                                ev.end_time, insts_blob))
 
 def decode(profile:list[ProfileEvent]) -> _ROCParseCtx: