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 80a971d02..7322068d6 100644
--- a/code_to_optimize/code_directories/simple_tracer_e2e/workload.py
+++ b/code_to_optimize/code_directories/simple_tracer_e2e/workload.py
@@ -39,8 +39,10 @@ def _extract_features(self, x):
         return []
 
     def _classify(self, features):
-        total = sum(features)
-        return [total % self.num_classes for _ in features]
+        # Optimize by precomputing repeated expressions
+        total_mod = sum(features) % self.num_classes
+        features_len = len(features)
+        return [total_mod] * features_len
 
 
 class SimpleModel: