diff --git a/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh b/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh
index 0e163709f01d..dd33ee342b16 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh
+++ b/usr.sbin/portsnap/portsnap/portsnap.sh
@@ -619,8 +619,10 @@ fetch_progress() {
 
 pct_fmt()
 {
-	printf "                                     \r"
-	printf "($1/$2) %02.2f%% " `echo "scale=4;$LNC / $TOTAL * 100"|bc`
+	if [ $TOTAL -gt 0 ]; then
+		printf "                                     \r"
+		printf "($1/$2) %02.2f%% " `echo "scale=4;$LNC / $TOTAL * 100"|bc`
+	fi
 }
 
 fetch_progress_percent() {