diff --git a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
index 12a10d54fa..8dacbc24bc 100755
--- a/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
+++ b/omr-tracker/files/bin/omr-tracker
@@ -176,9 +176,12 @@ _ping() {
 		loss=$(echo "$ret" | grep 'packet loss' | sed -ne 's/.*\([0-9]\+\)% packet loss.*/\1/p')
 		if [ -n "$loss" ] && [ "$loss" -ne 100 ]; then
 			if [ "$localip" = "yes" ]; then
-				OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY=$(echo "$ret" | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1 | tr -d '\n')
+				latency=$(echo "$ret" | cut -d "/" -s -f5 | cut -d "." -f1 | tr -d '\n')
+				[ -n "$latency" ] && {
+					OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY="$latency"
+					_update_rto "$OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY"
+				}
 				OMR_TRACKER_LOSS="$loss"
-				_update_rto "$OMR_TRACKER_LATENCY"
 			fi
 			return
 		fi