diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
index d1a869a2499..4eb86a8c8d9 100755
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -598,9 +598,9 @@ def main():
         sys.exit(2)
 
     (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
-    sys.argv[:] = args
 
-    if (len(sys.argv) > 0):
+    if (len(args) > 0):
+        sys.argv[:] = args
         sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(sys.argv[0]))
         fp = open(sys.argv[0])
         try:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e1733e0fe8f..a90dbaa85ec 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ C-API
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6635: Fix profiler printing usage message.
+
 - Issue #6856: Add a filter keyword argument to TarFile.add().
 
 - Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.