2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/profile.py b/Lib/profile.py
index cdc2479..d969246 100755
--- a/Lib/profile.py
+++ b/Lib/profile.py
@@ -605,9 +605,9 @@ 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 2f04edb..ed0692a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #6635: Fix profiler printing usage message.
+
 - Issue #6888: pdb's alias command was broken when no arguments were given.
 
 - Issue #6795: int(Decimal('nan')) now raises ValueError instead of