diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
index c786c6ae49c..00a0ae96eae 100755
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class Profile:
         t = t[0] + t[1] - self.t - self.bias
 
         if event == "c_call":
-            self.c_func_name = repr(arg)
+            self.c_func_name = arg.__name__
 
         if self.dispatch[event](self, frame,t):
             t = timer()
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ class Profile:
         t = timer() - self.t - self.bias
 
         if event == "c_call":
-            self.c_func_name = repr(arg)
+            self.c_func_name = arg.__name__
 
         if self.dispatch[event](self, frame, t):
             self.t = timer()
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ class Profile:
         t = timer()/60.0 - self.t - self.bias
 
         if event == "c_call":
-            self.c_func_name = repr(arg)
+            self.c_func_name = arg.__name__
 
         if self.dispatch[event](self, frame, t):
             self.t = timer()/60.0
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class Profile:
         t = get_time() - self.t - self.bias
 
         if event == "c_call":
-            self.c_func_name = repr(arg)
+            self.c_func_name = arg.__name__
 
         if self.dispatch[event](self, frame, t):
             self.t = get_time()
diff --git a/Lib/test/output/test_profile b/Lib/test/output/test_profile
index baa25091e9f..b46bb6ab739 100644
--- a/Lib/test/output/test_profile
+++ b/Lib/test/output/test_profile
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ test_profile
    Ordered by: standard name
 
    ncalls  tottime  percall  cumtime  percall filename:lineno(function)
-       12    0.000    0.000    0.012    0.001 :0(<built-in function hasattr>)
-        8    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 :0(<built-in function range>)
-        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 :0(<built-in function setprofile>)
+       12    0.000    0.000    0.012    0.001 :0(hasattr)
+        8    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 :0(range)
+        1    0.000    0.000    0.000    0.000 :0(setprofile)
         1    0.000    0.000    1.000    1.000 <string>:1(?)
         0    0.000             0.000          profile:0(profiler)
         1    0.000    0.000    1.000    1.000 profile:0(testfunc())