diff --git a/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp b/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp
--- a/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/llvm-mca/Views/TimelineView.cpp
@@ -288,6 +288,15 @@
   for (unsigned Iteration = 0; Iteration < Iterations; ++Iteration) {
     for (const MCInst &Inst : Source) {
       const TimelineViewEntry &Entry = Timeline[IID];
+      // When an instruction is retired after timeline-max-cycles,
+      // its CycleRetired is left at 0. However, it's possible for
+      // a 0 latency instruction to be retired during cycle 0 and we
+      // don't want to early exit in that case. The CycleExecuted
+      // attribute is set correctly whether or not it is greater
+      // than timeline-max-cycles so we can use that to ensure
+      // we don't early exit because of a 0 latency instruction.
+      if (Entry.CycleRetired == 0 && Entry.CycleExecuted != 0)
+        return;
 
       unsigned SourceIndex = IID % Source.size();
       printTimelineViewEntry(FOS, Entry, Iteration, SourceIndex);