diff --git a/reporter/internal/pdata/generate.go b/reporter/internal/pdata/generate.go
index ade8e20a1..bb23f0f87 100644
--- a/reporter/internal/pdata/generate.go
+++ b/reporter/internal/pdata/generate.go
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@ func (p *Pdata) Generate(events map[libpf.Origin]samples.KeyToEventMapping) ppro
 	sp := rp.ScopeProfiles().AppendEmpty()
 	for _, origin := range []libpf.Origin{support.TraceOriginSampling,
 		support.TraceOriginOffCPU} {
+		if len(events[origin]) == 0 {
+			// Do not append empty profiles, if there
+			// is not profiling data for this origin.
+			continue
+		}
 		prof := sp.Profiles().AppendEmpty()
 		prof.SetProfileID(pprofile.ProfileID(mkProfileID()))
 		p.setProfile(origin, events[origin], prof)
diff --git a/reporter/internal/pdata/generate_test.go b/reporter/internal/pdata/generate_test.go
index cd5067eae..e7f60ee85 100644
--- a/reporter/internal/pdata/generate_test.go
+++ b/reporter/internal/pdata/generate_test.go
@@ -257,9 +257,15 @@ func TestFunctionTableOrder(t *testing.T) {
 				d.Executables.Add(k, v)
 			}
 			res := d.Generate(tt.events)
+			expectedProfiles := len(tt.events)
 			require.Equal(t, 1, res.ResourceProfiles().Len())
 			require.Equal(t, 1, res.ResourceProfiles().At(0).ScopeProfiles().Len())
-			require.Equal(t, 2, res.ResourceProfiles().At(0).ScopeProfiles().At(0).Profiles().Len())
+			require.Equal(t, expectedProfiles, res.ResourceProfiles().
+				At(0).ScopeProfiles().
+				At(0).Profiles().Len())
+			if expectedProfiles == 0 {
+				return
+			}
 			p := res.ResourceProfiles().At(0).ScopeProfiles().At(0).Profiles().At(0)
 			require.Equal(t, len(tt.wantFunctionTable), p.FunctionTable().Len())
 			for i := 0; i < p.FunctionTable().Len(); i++ {