diff --git a/vm/compiler/Frontend.c b/vm/compiler/Frontend.c
index 5e75d15..c8f3abc 100644
--- a/vm/compiler/Frontend.c
+++ b/vm/compiler/Frontend.c
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@
     /* Initialize the printMe flag */
     cUnit.printMe = gDvmJit.printMe;
 
+    /* Initialize the profile flag */
+    cUnit.executionCount = gDvmJit.profile;
+
     /* Identify traces that we don't want to compile */
     if (gDvmJit.methodTable) {
         int len = strlen(desc->method->clazz->descriptor) +