diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst
index aeb91ff3bd68..5d28ba61245c 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_options.rst
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@
 
         Print debug info.
 
-**-t**, **--trace**\[*=file*]
-
-        Save the stopped trace to [*file|osnoise_trace.txt*].
-
 **-e**, **--event** *sys:event*
 
         Enable an event in the trace (**-t**) session. The argument can be a specific event, e.g., **-e** *sched:sched_switch*, or all events of a system group, e.g., **-e** *sched*. Multiple **-e** are allowed. It is only active when **-t** or **-a** are set.
diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst
index f792ca58c211..b05eee23b539 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_osnoise_options.rst
@@ -25,3 +25,8 @@
 
         Specify the minimum delta between two time reads to be considered noise.
         The default threshold is *5 us*.
+
+**-t**, **--trace**\[*file*]
+
+        Save the pretty stopped trace to [*file|osnoise_trace.txt*].
+
diff --git a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
index d3255ed70195..e4eca500b6a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
+++ b/Documentation/tools/rtla/common_timerlat_options.rst
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
         Save the stack trace at the *IRQ* if a *Thread* latency is higher than the
         argument in us.
 
+**-t**, **--trace**\[*file*]
+
+        Save the pretty stopped trace to [*file|timerlat_trace.txt*].
+
 **--dma-latency** *us*
         Set the /dev/cpu_dma_latency to *us*, aiming to bound exit from idle latencies.
         *cyclictest* sets this value to *0* by default, use **--dma-latency** *0* to have
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
index 01870d50942a..ede8bb44919c 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_hist.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static void osnoise_hist_usage(char *usage)
 	static const char * const msg[] = {
 		"",
 		"  usage: rtla osnoise hist [-h] [-D] [-d s] [-a us] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] \\",
-		"	  [-T us] [-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] \\",
+		"	  [-T us] [-t[file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] \\",
 		"	  [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list] [-P priority] [-b N] [-E N] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
 		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros] [-C[=cgroup_name]]",
 		"",
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ static void osnoise_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
 		"	  -d/--duration time[s|m|h|d]: duration of the session",
 		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
-		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|osnoise_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -t/--trace[file]: save the stopped trace to [file|osnoise_trace.txt]",
 		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
 		"	     --filter <filter>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
 		"	     --trigger <trigger>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
@@ -640,9 +640,14 @@ static struct osnoise_hist_params
 			params->threshold = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 't':
-			if (optarg)
-				/* skip = */
-				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			if (optarg) {
+				if (optarg[0] == '=')
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+				else
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[0];
+			}
+			else if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '0')
+				params->trace_output = argv[optind];
 			else
 				params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
 			break;
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
index 457360db0767..f7794f97aeaa 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/osnoise_top.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ static void osnoise_top_usage(struct osnoise_top_params *params, char *usage)
 
 	static const char * const msg[] = {
 		" [-h] [-q] [-D] [-d s] [-a us] [-p us] [-r us] [-s us] [-S us] \\",
-		"	  [-T us] [-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] \\",
+		"	  [-T us] [-t[file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] \\",
 		"	  [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list] [-P priority] [-C[=cgroup_name]]",
 		"",
 		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ static void osnoise_top_usage(struct osnoise_top_params *params, char *usage)
 		"	  -C/--cgroup[=cgroup_name]: set cgroup, if no cgroup_name is passed, the rtla's cgroup will be inherited",
 		"	  -d/--duration time[s|m|h|d]: duration of the session",
 		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
-		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|osnoise_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -t/--trace[file]: save the stopped trace to [file|osnoise_trace.txt]",
 		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
 		"	     --filter <filter>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
 		"	     --trigger <trigger>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
@@ -480,9 +480,14 @@ struct osnoise_top_params *osnoise_top_parse_args(int argc, char **argv)
 			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 't':
-			if (optarg)
-				/* skip = */
-				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			if (optarg){
+				if (optarg[0] == '=')
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+				else
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[0];
+			}
+			else if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-')
+				params->trace_output = argv[optind];
 			else
 				params->trace_output = "osnoise_trace.txt";
 			break;
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
index 5b869caed10d..f555d8603b42 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_hist.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 	char *msg[] = {
 		"",
 		"  usage: [rtla] timerlat hist [-h] [-q] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-a us] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
-		"         [-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
+		"         [-t[file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
 		"	  [-P priority] [-E N] [-b N] [--no-irq] [--no-thread] [--no-header] [--no-summary] \\",
 		"	  [--no-index] [--with-zeros] [--dma-latency us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [--no-aa] [--dump-task] [-u]",
 		"",
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ static void timerlat_hist_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
 		"	     --dump-tasks: prints the task running on all CPUs if stop conditions are met (depends on !--no-aa)",
 		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
-		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -t/--trace[file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
 		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
 		"	     --filter <filter>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
 		"	     --trigger <trigger>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
@@ -744,9 +744,14 @@ static struct timerlat_hist_params
 			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 't':
-			if (optarg)
-				/* skip = */
-				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			if (optarg) {
+				if (optarg[0] == '=')
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+				else
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[0];
+			}
+			else if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-')
+				params->trace_output = argv[optind];
 			else
 				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
 			break;
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
index 8a3fa64319c6..5698dae30ec6 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/timerlat_top.c
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 	static const char *const msg[] = {
 		"",
 		"  usage: rtla timerlat [top] [-h] [-q] [-a us] [-d s] [-D] [-n] [-p us] [-i us] [-T us] [-s us] \\",
-		"	  [[-t[=file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
+		"	  [[-t[file]] [-e sys[:event]] [--filter <filter>] [--trigger <trigger>] [-c cpu-list] [-H cpu-list]\\",
 		"	  [-P priority] [--dma-latency us] [--aa-only us] [-C[=cgroup_name]] [-u]",
 		"",
 		"	  -h/--help: print this menu",
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static void timerlat_top_usage(char *usage)
 		"	  -d/--duration time[m|h|d]: duration of the session in seconds",
 		"	  -D/--debug: print debug info",
 		"	     --dump-tasks: prints the task running on all CPUs if stop conditions are met (depends on !--no-aa)",
-		"	  -t/--trace[=file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
+		"	  -t/--trace[file]: save the stopped trace to [file|timerlat_trace.txt]",
 		"	  -e/--event <sys:event>: enable the <sys:event> in the trace instance, multiple -e are allowed",
 		"	     --filter <command>: enable a trace event filter to the previous -e event",
 		"	     --trigger <command>: enable a trace event trigger to the previous -e event",
@@ -547,9 +547,14 @@ static struct timerlat_top_params
 			params->stop_total_us = get_llong_from_str(optarg);
 			break;
 		case 't':
-			if (optarg)
-				/* skip = */
-				params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+			if (optarg) {
+				if (optarg[0] == '=')
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[1];
+				else
+					params->trace_output = &optarg[0];
+			}
+			else if (optind < argc && argv[optind][0] != '-')
+				params->trace_output = argv[optind];
 			else
 				params->trace_output = "timerlat_trace.txt";
 
