diff --git a/pkg/scrape/target.go b/pkg/scrape/target.go
index 1f84f76a4aa..db13423cc9c 100644
--- a/pkg/scrape/target.go
+++ b/pkg/scrape/target.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func LabelsByProfiles(lb *labels.Builder, c *config.ProfilingConfig) ([]labels.L
 
 	if len(c.PprofConfig) > 0 {
 		for profilingType, profilingConfig := range c.PprofConfig {
-			if *profilingConfig.Enabled {
+			if profilingConfig.Enabled != nil && *profilingConfig.Enabled {
 				lb.Set(ProfilePath, profilingConfig.Path)
 				lb.Set(ProfileName, profilingType)
 				res = append(res, lb.Labels())