diff --git a/code_to_optimize/code_directories/simple_tracer_e2e/workload.py b/code_to_optimize/code_directories/simple_tracer_e2e/workload.py
index 1d2168e4d..540896de9 100644
--- a/code_to_optimize/code_directories/simple_tracer_e2e/workload.py
+++ b/code_to_optimize/code_directories/simple_tracer_e2e/workload.py
@@ -38,8 +38,9 @@ def _extract_features(self, x):
         return result
 
     def _classify(self, features):
-        total = sum(features)
-        return [total % self.num_classes for _ in features]
+        total_mod = sum(features) % self.num_classes
+        # Compute total_mod once and repeat it for the length of features
+        return [total_mod] * len(features)
 
 
 class SimpleModel: