diff --git a/docs/scripting.xml b/docs/scripting.xml
index 7df90ccc5..cf6cf4e5d 100644
--- a/docs/scripting.xml
+++ b/docs/scripting.xml
@@ -1905,7 +1905,7 @@ host.os = {
                 This is an array of traceroute hops, present when the
                 <option>--traceroute</option> option was used. Each entry is a
                 host table with fields <literal>name</literal>,
-                <literal>ip</literal> and <literal>times.srtt</literal> (round
+                <literal>ip</literal> and <literal>srtt</literal> (round
                 trip time). The TTL for an entry is implicit given its position
                 in the table. An empty table represents a timed-out hop.
 	      </para>
diff --git a/nse_nmaplib.cc b/nse_nmaplib.cc
index 451f00983..5c56cf7c9 100644
--- a/nse_nmaplib.cc
+++ b/nse_nmaplib.cc
@@ -205,9 +205,7 @@ void set_hostinfo(lua_State *L, Target *currenths) {
         nseU_setsfield(L, -1, "ip", inet_ntop_ez(&it->addr, sizeof(it->addr)));
         if (!it->name.empty())
           nseU_setsfield(L, -1, "name", it->name.c_str());
-        lua_newtable(L);
         nseU_setnfield(L, -1, "srtt", it->rtt / 1000.0);
-        lua_setfield(L, -2, "times");
       }
       lua_rawseti(L, -2, lua_rawlen(L, -2)+1);
     }
diff --git a/scripts/traceroute-geolocation.nse b/scripts/traceroute-geolocation.nse
index 7eed3d784..e1ee35674 100644
--- a/scripts/traceroute-geolocation.nse
+++ b/scripts/traceroute-geolocation.nse
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ action = function(host)
     -- avoid timedout hops, marked as empty entries
     -- do not add the current scanned host.ip
     if hop.ip then
-      local rtt = tonumber(hop.times.srtt) * 1000
+      local rtt = tonumber(hop.srtt) * 1000
       local geo
       if not ipOps.isPrivate(hop.ip) then
         -- be sure not to cache the target address, since it's not likely to be