--- a/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py	2020-03-28 13:42:21.937700726 +0100
+++ b/scripts/tracetool/__init__.py	2020-03-28 13:41:50.991034257 +0100
@@ -447,12 +447,12 @@
     import tracetool
 
     format = str(format)
-    if len(format) is 0:
+    if len(format) == 0:
         raise TracetoolError("format not set")
     if not tracetool.format.exists(format):
         raise TracetoolError("unknown format: %s" % format)
 
-    if len(backends) is 0:
+    if len(backends) == 0:
         raise TracetoolError("no backends specified")
     for backend in backends:
         if not tracetool.backend.exists(backend):