1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/buildstats-diff b/scripts/buildstats-diff
index 4276464714..8e64480eb3 100755
--- a/scripts/buildstats-diff
+++ b/scripts/buildstats-diff
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ def read_buildstats_file(buildstat_file):
     """Convert buildstat text file into dict/json"""
     bs_task = BSTask()
     log.debug("Reading task buildstats from %s", buildstat_file)
+    end_time = None
     with open(buildstat_file) as fobj:
         for line in fobj.readlines():
             key, val = line.split(':', 1)
@@ -121,7 +122,10 @@ def read_buildstats_file(buildstat_file):
                 bs_task[ru_type][ru_key] = val
             elif key == 'Status':
                 bs_task['status'] = val
-    bs_task['elapsed_time'] = end_time - start_time
+    if end_time is not None and start_time is not None:
+        bs_task['elapsed_time'] = end_time - start_time
+    else:
+        raise ScriptError("{} looks like a invalid buildstats file".format(buildstat_file))
     return bs_task