diff --git a/cmd/collectors/rest/plugins/volume/volume.go b/cmd/collectors/rest/plugins/volume/volume.go
index 95f700249..9e70cd01e 100644
--- a/cmd/collectors/rest/plugins/volume/volume.go
+++ b/cmd/collectors/rest/plugins/volume/volume.go
@@ -177,12 +177,13 @@ func (v *Volume) updateVolumeLabels(data *matrix.Matrix, volumeMap map[string]vo
 
 	capacityTierFootprintMetric := data.GetMetric("volume_blocks_footprint_bin1")
 	totalFootprintMetric := data.GetMetric("total_footprint")
-
 	hotDataMetric := data.GetMetric("hot_data")
-	if hotDataMetric == nil {
-		if hotDataMetric, err = data.NewMetricFloat64("hot_data"); err != nil {
-			v.SLogger.Error("error while creating hot data metric", slogx.Err(err))
-			return
+	if capacityTierFootprintMetric != nil && totalFootprintMetric != nil {
+		if hotDataMetric == nil {
+			if hotDataMetric, err = data.NewMetricFloat64("hot_data"); err != nil {
+				v.SLogger.Error("error while creating hot data metric", slogx.Err(err))
+				return
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -227,7 +228,7 @@ func (v *Volume) updateVolumeLabels(data *matrix.Matrix, volumeMap map[string]vo
 		}
 
 		// Calculate Hot data metric, where hot data = total footprint - cold data
-		if capacityTierFootprintMetric != nil {
+		if capacityTierFootprintMetric != nil && totalFootprintMetric != nil {
 			if capacityTierFootprintMetricValue, exist := capacityTierFootprintMetric.GetValueFloat64(volume); exist {
 				totalFootprintMetricValue, _ := totalFootprintMetric.GetValueFloat64(volume)
 				hotDataMetric.SetValueFloat64(volume, totalFootprintMetricValue-capacityTierFootprintMetricValue)
diff --git a/cmd/collectors/volume.go b/cmd/collectors/volume.go
index f19a7bf78..bbfaa2951 100644
--- a/cmd/collectors/volume.go
+++ b/cmd/collectors/volume.go
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ func ProcessFlexGroupFootPrint(data *matrix.Matrix, logger *slog.Logger) *matrix
 
 	totalFootprintMetric := cache.GetMetric("total_footprint")
 	hotDataMetric := cache.GetMetric("hot_data")
-	if hotDataMetric == nil {
-		if hotDataMetric, err = cache.NewMetricFloat64("hot_data"); err != nil {
-			logger.Error("error while creating hot data metric", slogx.Err(err))
+	if capacityTierFootprintMetric != nil && totalFootprintMetric != nil {
+		if hotDataMetric == nil {
+			if hotDataMetric, err = cache.NewMetricFloat64("hot_data"); err != nil {
+				logger.Error("error while creating hot data metric", slogx.Err(err))
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -324,7 +326,7 @@ func ProcessFlexGroupFootPrint(data *matrix.Matrix, logger *slog.Logger) *matrix
 		}
 
 		// Calculate Hot data metric, where hot data = total footprint - cold data
-		if capacityTierFootprintMetric != nil {
+		if capacityTierFootprintMetric != nil && totalFootprintMetric != nil {
 			if capacityTierFootprintMetricValue, exist := capacityTierFootprintMetric.GetValueFloat64(fg); exist {
 				totalFootprintMetricValue, _ := totalFootprintMetric.GetValueFloat64(fg)
 				hotDataMetric.SetValueFloat64(fg, totalFootprintMetricValue-capacityTierFootprintMetricValue)
diff --git a/cmd/collectors/zapi/plugins/volume/volume.go b/cmd/collectors/zapi/plugins/volume/volume.go
index 6f4b3744d..12b62ff88 100644
--- a/cmd/collectors/zapi/plugins/volume/volume.go
+++ b/cmd/collectors/zapi/plugins/volume/volume.go
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ func (v *Volume) getVolumeFootprint() (map[string]map[string]string, error) {
 		footprintMetrics["guarantee_footprint"] = volumeBlocksFootprint
 
 		// Calculate Hot data metric, where hot data = total footprint - cold data
-		if capacityTierFootprint != "" {
+		if capacityTierFootprint != "" && totalFootprint != "" {
 			totalFootprintVal, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(totalFootprint, 64)
 			capacityTierFootprintVal, _ := strconv.ParseFloat(capacityTierFootprint, 64)
 			footprintMetrics["hot_data"] = strconv.FormatFloat(totalFootprintVal-capacityTierFootprintVal, 'f', -1, 64)