diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 86cb4cd..600147b 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -4555,10 +4555,16 @@
     }
     else if (Py_TYPE(func) == &PyMethodDescr_Type) {
         PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
-        if (tstate->use_tracing && tstate->c_profilefunc) {
-            // We need to create PyCFunctionObject for tracing.
-            PyMethodDescrObject *descr = (PyMethodDescrObject*)func;
-            func = PyCFunction_NewEx(descr->d_method, stack[0], NULL);
+        if (nargs > 0 && tstate->use_tracing) {
+            /* We need to create a temporary bound method as argument
+               for profiling.
+
+               If nargs == 0, then this cannot work because we have no
+               "self". In any case, the call itself would raise
+               TypeError (foo needs an argument), so we just skip
+               profiling. */
+            PyObject *self = stack[0];
+            func = Py_TYPE(func)->tp_descr_get(func, self, (PyObject*)Py_TYPE(self));
             if (func == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
             }