diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
index 214fd40fc610..352b30237245 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/osnoise.t
@@ -98,5 +98,7 @@ check_top_q_hist "with conditional continue" \
 	"osnoise TOOL -S 2 --on-threshold shell,command='if [ -f a ]; then echo 2; exit 1; else echo -n 1; touch a; fi' --on-threshold continue" 2 "^12$" "^2$"
 check_top_hist "with trace output at end" \
 	"osnoise TOOL -d 1s --on-end trace" 0 "^  Saving trace to osnoise_trace.txt$"
+check_top_q_hist "action with no threshold" \
+	"osnoise TOOL -d 1s --on-threshold shell,command='echo BAD'" 0 "" "BAD"
 
 test_end
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
index 5116857d7da4..1d317c851a0f 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/tests/timerlat.t
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ check_top_q_hist "with conditional continue" \
 	"timerlat TOOL -T 2 --on-threshold shell,command='if [ -f a ]; then echo 2; exit 1; else echo -n 1; touch a; fi' --on-threshold continue" 2 "^12$" "^2$"
 check_top_hist "with trace output at end" \
 	"timerlat TOOL -d 1s --on-end trace" 0 "^  Saving trace to timerlat_trace.txt$"
+check_top_q_hist "action with no threshold" \
+	"timerlat TOOL -d 1s --on-threshold shell,command='echo BAD'" 0 "" "BAD"
 
 # BPF action program tests
 if [ "$option" -eq 0 ]