diff --git a/Userland/DevTools/Profiler/main.cpp b/Userland/DevTools/Profiler/main.cpp
index c40c95b139..144547d03a 100644
--- a/Userland/DevTools/Profiler/main.cpp
+++ b/Userland/DevTools/Profiler/main.cpp
@@ -280,7 +280,10 @@ bool generate_profile(pid_t& pid)
         process_name = "(unknown)";
     }
 
-    if (profiling_enable(pid, PERF_EVENT_MASK_ALL) < 0) {
+    static constexpr u64 event_mask = PERF_EVENT_SAMPLE | PERF_EVENT_MMAP | PERF_EVENT_MUNMAP | PERF_EVENT_PROCESS_CREATE
+        | PERF_EVENT_PROCESS_EXEC | PERF_EVENT_PROCESS_EXIT | PERF_EVENT_THREAD_CREATE | PERF_EVENT_THREAD_EXIT;
+
+    if (profiling_enable(pid, event_mask) < 0) {
         int saved_errno = errno;
         GUI::MessageBox::show(nullptr, String::formatted("Unable to profile process {}({}): {}", process_name, pid, strerror(saved_errno)), "Profiler", GUI::MessageBox::Type::Error);
         return false;