diff --git a/monai/networks/schedulers/ddim.py b/monai/networks/schedulers/ddim.py
index 50a680336d..9e2c5c39e3 100644
--- a/monai/networks/schedulers/ddim.py
+++ b/monai/networks/schedulers/ddim.py
@@ -117,17 +117,14 @@ def set_timesteps(self, num_inference_steps: int, device: str | torch.device | N
             )
 
         self.num_inference_steps = num_inference_steps
-        step_ratio = self.num_train_timesteps // self.num_inference_steps
-        if self.steps_offset >= step_ratio:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"`steps_offset`: {self.steps_offset} cannot be greater than or equal to "
-                f"`num_train_timesteps // num_inference_steps : {step_ratio}` as this will cause timesteps to exceed"
-                f" the max train timestep."
-            )
-
-        # creates integer timesteps by multiplying by ratio
-        # casting to int to avoid issues when num_inference_step is power of 3
-        timesteps = (np.arange(0, num_inference_steps) * step_ratio).round()[::-1].copy().astype(np.int64)
+        if self.steps_offset < 0 or self.steps_offset >= self.num_train_timesteps:
+            raise ValueError(f"`steps_offset`: {self.steps_offset} must be in range [0, {self.num_train_timesteps}).")
+
+        timesteps = (
+            np.linspace((self.num_train_timesteps - 1) - self.steps_offset, 0, num_inference_steps)
+            .round()
+            .astype(np.int64)
+        )
         self.timesteps = torch.from_numpy(timesteps).to(device)
         self.timesteps += self.steps_offset
 
diff --git a/monai/networks/schedulers/ddpm.py b/monai/networks/schedulers/ddpm.py
index e2b7ab55f5..1b91398d4e 100644
--- a/monai/networks/schedulers/ddpm.py
+++ b/monai/networks/schedulers/ddpm.py
@@ -122,10 +122,7 @@ def set_timesteps(self, num_inference_steps: int, device: str | torch.device | N
             )
 
         self.num_inference_steps = num_inference_steps
-        step_ratio = self.num_train_timesteps // self.num_inference_steps
-        # creates integer timesteps by multiplying by ratio
-        # casting to int to avoid issues when num_inference_step is power of 3
-        timesteps = (np.arange(0, num_inference_steps) * step_ratio).round()[::-1].astype(np.int64)
+        timesteps = np.linspace(self.num_train_timesteps - 1, 0, self.num_inference_steps).round().astype(np.int64)
         self.timesteps = torch.from_numpy(timesteps).to(device)
 
     def _get_mean(self, timestep: int, x_0: torch.Tensor, x_t: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor: