diff --git a/src/engine/naive_engine.cc b/src/engine/naive_engine.cc
index c321e48d562d..94252fbbc3fc 100644
--- a/src/engine/naive_engine.cc
+++ b/src/engine/naive_engine.cc
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class NaiveEngine final : public Engine {
             attrs.reset(new profiler::ProfileOperator::Attributes());
           }
           opr->opr_profile.reset(new profiler::ProfileOperator(opr->opr_name, attrs.release()));
-          opr->opr_profile->start(exec_ctx.dev_type, exec_ctx.dev_id);
+          opr->opr_profile->startForDevice(exec_ctx.dev_type, exec_ctx.dev_id);
         }
         opr->fn(ctx, on_complete);
         if (opr->profiling) {
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class NaiveEngine final : public Engine {
         attrs.reset(new profiler::ProfileOperator::Attributes());
       }
       opr->opr_profile.reset(new profiler::ProfileOperator(opr->opr_name, attrs.release()));
-      opr->opr_profile->start(exec_ctx.dev_type, exec_ctx.dev_id);
+      opr->opr_profile->startForDevice(exec_ctx.dev_type, exec_ctx.dev_id);
     }
     if (exec_ctx.dev_mask() == gpu::kDevMask) {
 #if MXNET_USE_CUDA
diff --git a/src/engine/threaded_engine.h b/src/engine/threaded_engine.h
index c39f322596ae..7ac17516ebeb 100644
--- a/src/engine/threaded_engine.h
+++ b/src/engine/threaded_engine.h
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ class ThreadedEngine : public Engine {
       const Context& ctx = opr_block->ctx;
       opr_block->opr_profile.reset(new profiler::ProfileOperator(threaded_opr->opr_name,
                                                                  attrs.release()));
-      opr_block->opr_profile->start(ctx.dev_type, ctx.dev_id);
+      opr_block->opr_profile->startForDevice(ctx.dev_type, ctx.dev_id);
     }
     CallbackOnComplete callback =
         this->CreateCallback(ThreadedEngine::OnCompleteStatic, opr_block);
diff --git a/src/kvstore/kvstore_local.h b/src/kvstore/kvstore_local.h
index 4e004a3a3008..5c3c80838a36 100644
--- a/src/kvstore/kvstore_local.h
+++ b/src/kvstore/kvstore_local.h
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class KVStoreLocal : public KVStore {
                                 std::vector<std::vector<NDArray>> *grouped_vals,
                                 bool ignore_sparse) {
     // check if the storage type of a value is valid
-    auto validator = [this](const int key, const NDArray& nd, bool ignore_sparse) -> bool {
+    auto validator = [](const int key, const NDArray& nd, bool ignore_sparse) -> bool {
       CHECK(!ignore_sparse) << "Cannot ignore sparse arrays for push";
       auto stype = nd.storage_type();
       // valid NDArray
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ class KVStoreLocal : public KVStore {
                                    std::vector<std::vector<RSPVal>> *grouped_vals,
                                    bool ignore_sparse) {
     // check if the storage type of a value is valid
-    auto validator = [this](const int key, const RSPVal& val_rowid, bool ignore_sparse) -> bool {
+    auto validator = [](const int key, const RSPVal& val_rowid, bool ignore_sparse) -> bool {
       CHECK(!ignore_sparse) << "Cannot ignore sparse arrays in row_sparse_pull";
       auto val_stype = val_rowid.first->storage_type();
       auto rowid_stype = val_rowid.second.storage_type();
diff --git a/src/profiler/profiler.h b/src/profiler/profiler.h
index f9eb0af9acc1..4cc1f2080a8e 100644
--- a/src/profiler/profiler.h
+++ b/src/profiler/profiler.h
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ struct ProfileOperator : public ProfileEvent {
    * \param dev_type Device type that the profiling will occur on
    * \param dev_id Device id associated with this opr
    */
-  void start(mxnet::Context::DeviceType dev_type, uint32_t dev_id) {
+  void startForDevice(mxnet::Context::DeviceType dev_type, uint32_t dev_id) {
     dev_type_ = dev_type;
     dev_id_ = dev_id;
     ProfileEvent::start();
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ struct ProfileOperator : public ProfileEvent {
    */
   void SendStat() override {
     Profiler::Get()->AddNewProfileStat<OprExecStat>(
-      [this](OprExecStat *stat) {}, name_.c_str(), dev_type_, dev_id_,
+      [](OprExecStat *stat) {}, name_.c_str(), dev_type_, dev_id_,
       start_time_, ProfileStat::NowInMicrosec(),
       attributes_.get());
   }