diff --git a/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles.go b/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles.go
index 5b611c60db..4ea8eb8606 100644
--- a/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles.go
+++ b/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles.go
@@ -337,10 +337,14 @@ func NewSamplesFromMap(m map[uint32]int64) Samples {
 	}
 	var i int
 	for k, v := range m {
-		s.StacktraceIDs[i] = k
-		s.Values[i] = uint64(v)
-		i++
+		if k != 0 && v > 0 {
+			s.StacktraceIDs[i] = k
+			s.Values[i] = uint64(v)
+			i++
+		}
 	}
+	s.StacktraceIDs = s.StacktraceIDs[:i]
+	s.Values = s.Values[:i]
 	sort.Sort(s)
 	return s
 }
diff --git a/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles_test.go b/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles_test.go
index cd1c76fea9..2c3d8b23ee 100644
--- a/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles_test.go
+++ b/pkg/phlaredb/schemas/v1/profiles_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 	"github.com/parquet-go/parquet-go"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	phlareparquet "github.com/grafana/pyroscope/pkg/parquet"
@@ -440,3 +441,15 @@ func generateSamples(n int) []*Sample {
 	}
 	return samples
 }
+
+func Test_SamplesFromMap(t *testing.T) {
+	m := map[uint32]int64{
+		1: 2,
+		0: 0,
+		2: 3,
+		3: -1,
+	}
+	samples := NewSamplesFromMap(m)
+	assert.Equal(t, len(m), cap(samples.Values))
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, len(samples.Values))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/phlaredb/symdb/resolver.go b/pkg/phlaredb/symdb/resolver.go
index 96dcff3295..8705ae31cd 100644
--- a/pkg/phlaredb/symdb/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/phlaredb/symdb/resolver.go
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ func (r *Resolver) AddSamples(partition uint64, s schemav1.Samples) {
 func (r *Resolver) AddSamplesFromParquetRow(partition uint64, stacktraceIDs, values []parquet.Value) {
 	r.WithPartitionSamples(partition, func(samples map[uint32]int64) {
 		for i, sid := range stacktraceIDs {
-			samples[sid.Uint32()] += values[i].Int64()
+			if s := sid.Uint32(); s > 0 {
+				samples[s] += values[i].Int64()
+			}
 		}
 	})
 }
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ func (r *Resolver) AddSamplesFromParquetRow(partition uint64, stacktraceIDs, val
 func (r *Resolver) AddSamplesWithSpanSelector(partition uint64, s schemav1.Samples, spanSelector model.SpanSelector) {
 	r.WithPartitionSamples(partition, func(samples map[uint32]int64) {
 		for i, sid := range s.StacktraceIDs {
-			if _, ok := spanSelector[s.Spans[i]]; ok {
+			if _, ok := spanSelector[s.Spans[i]]; ok && sid > 0 {
 				samples[sid] += int64(s.Values[i])
 			}
 		}
@@ -247,7 +249,10 @@ func (r *Resolver) Pprof() (*googlev1.Profile, error) {
 		defer lock.Unlock()
 		return p.Merge(resolved)
 	})
-	return p.Profile(), err
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return p.Profile(), nil
 }
 
 func (r *Resolver) withSymbols(ctx context.Context, fn func(*Symbols, schemav1.Samples) error) error {