diff --git a/ocs_ci/framework/pytest_customization/reports.py b/ocs_ci/framework/pytest_customization/reports.py
index fc9fb8d8d58..b6bce222181 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/framework/pytest_customization/reports.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/framework/pytest_customization/reports.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def pytest_sessionfinish(session, exitstatus):
     # creating report of test cases with total time in ascending order
     data = GV.TIMEREPORT_DICT
     sorted_data = dict(
-        sorted(data.items(), key=lambda item: item[1]["total"], reverse=True)
+        sorted(data.items(), key=lambda item: item[1].get("total"), reverse=True)
     )
     try:
         time_report_file = os.path.join(
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def pytest_report_teststatus(report, config):
         GV.TIMEREPORT_DICT[report.nodeid]["setup"] = round(report.duration, 2)
         GV.TIMEREPORT_DICT[report.nodeid]["total"] = round(report.duration, 2)
 
+    if "total" not in GV.TIMEREPORT_DICT[report.nodeid]:
+        GV.TIMEREPORT_DICT[report.nodeid]["total"] = 0
+
     if report.when == "call":
         logger.info(
             f"duration reported by {report.nodeid} immediately after test execution: {round(report.duration, 2)}"
diff --git a/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py b/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
index 84cf1d0604b..b8c1a1dbfdd 100644
--- a/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
+++ b/ocs_ci/utility/utils.py
@@ -4494,7 +4494,7 @@ def add_time_report_to_email(session, soup):
     """
     data = GV.TIMEREPORT_DICT
     sorted_data = dict(
-        sorted(data.items(), key=lambda item: item[1]["total"], reverse=True)
+        sorted(data.items(), key=lambda item: item[1].get("total", 0), reverse=True)
     )
 
     file_loader = FileSystemLoader(constants.HTML_REPORT_TEMPLATE_DIR)