diff --git a/src/app-layer.c b/src/app-layer.c
index 4c7770c1ac..77c2d4f95a 100644
--- a/src/app-layer.c
+++ b/src/app-layer.c
@@ -656,20 +656,14 @@ void AppLayerDestroyCtxThread(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx)
     SCReturn;
 }
 
-/* profiling */
-
-void AppLayerProfilingReset(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx)
+void AppLayerProfilingResetInternal(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx)
 {
-#ifdef PROFILING
     PACKET_PROFILING_APP_RESET(app_tctx);
-#endif
 }
 
-void AppLayerProfilingStore(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx, Packet *p)
+void AppLayerProfilingStoreInternal(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx, Packet *p)
 {
-#ifdef PROFILING
     PACKET_PROFILING_APP_STORE(app_tctx, p);
-#endif
 }
 
 /***** Unittests *****/
diff --git a/src/app-layer.h b/src/app-layer.h
index 5d4f51ca32..ca221d2dc1 100644
--- a/src/app-layer.h
+++ b/src/app-layer.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include "stream-tcp-reassemble.h"
 #include "stream.h"
 
+#include "util-profiling.h"
+
 #define APP_LAYER_DATA_ALREADY_SENT_TO_APP_LAYER \
     (~STREAM_TOSERVER & ~STREAM_TOCLIENT)
 
@@ -108,8 +110,26 @@ AppLayerThreadCtx *AppLayerGetCtxThread(ThreadVars *tv);
 void AppLayerDestroyCtxThread(AppLayerThreadCtx *tctx);
 
 
-void AppLayerProfilingReset(AppLayerThreadCtx *tctx);
-void AppLayerProfilingStore(AppLayerThreadCtx *tctx, Packet *p);
+/***** Profiling *****/
+
+void AppLayerProfilingResetInternal(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx);
+
+static inline void AppLayerProfilingReset(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx)
+{
+#ifdef PROFILING
+    AppLayerProfilingResetInternal(app_tctx);
+#endif
+}
+
+void AppLayerProfilingStoreInternal(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx, Packet *p);
+
+static inline void AppLayerProfilingStore(AppLayerThreadCtx *app_tctx, Packet *p)
+{
+#ifdef PROFILING
+    AppLayerProfilingStoreInternal(app_tctx, p);
+#endif
+}
+
 
 /***** Unittests *****/