diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py b/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
index d7341ed5127a..a819c3588073 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/sample/timerlat_load.py
@@ -31,43 +31,48 @@ args = parser.parse_args()
 
 try:
     affinity_mask = {args.cpu}
-except:
-    print("Invalid cpu: " + args.cpu)
-    exit(1)
-
-try:
     os.sched_setaffinity(0, affinity_mask)
-except:
-    print("Error setting affinity")
-    exit(1)
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Error setting affinity: {e}")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 if args.prio:
     try:
         param = os.sched_param(args.prio)
         os.sched_setscheduler(0, os.SCHED_FIFO, param)
-    except:
-        print("Error setting priority")
-        exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error setting priority: {e}")
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     timerlat_path = f"/sys/kernel/tracing/osnoise/per_cpu/cpu{args.cpu}/timerlat_fd"
     timerlat_fd = open(timerlat_path, 'r')
-except:
+except PermissionError:
+    print("Permission denied. Please check your access rights.")
+    sys.exit(1)
+except OSError:
     print("Error opening timerlat fd, did you run timerlat -U?")
-    exit(1)
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 try:
     data_fd = open("/dev/full", 'r')
-except:
-    print("Error opening data fd")
+except Exception as e:
+    print(f"Error opening data fd: {e}")
+    sys.exit(1)
 
 while True:
     try:
         timerlat_fd.read(1)
         data_fd.read(20 * 1024 * 1024)
-    except:
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
         print("Leaving")
         break
+    except IOError as e:
+        print(f"I/O error occurred: {e}")
+        break
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Unexpected error: {e}")
+        break
 
 timerlat_fd.close()
 data_fd.close()