diff -r 0741add59487 Lib/cProfile.py
--- a/Lib/cProfile.py	Mon Mar 19 13:17:24 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/cProfile.py	Tue Mar 20 22:26:15 2012 +0800
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@
     prof = Profile()
     result = None
     try:
-        try:
-            prof = prof.runctx(statement, globals, locals)
-        except SystemExit:
-            pass
+        prof = prof.runctx(statement, globals, locals)
+    except SystemExit:
+        pass
     finally:
         if filename is not None:
             prof.dump_stats(filename)
diff -r 0741add59487 Lib/profile.py
--- a/Lib/profile.py	Mon Mar 19 13:17:24 2012 +0100
+++ b/Lib/profile.py	Tue Mar 20 22:26:15 2012 +0800
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@
         prof = prof.runctx(statement, globals, locals)
     except SystemExit:
         pass
-
-    if filename is not None:
-        prof.dump_stats(filename)
-    else:
-        return prof.print_stats(sort)
+    finally:
+        if filename is not None:
+            prof.dump_stats(filename)
+        else:
+            return prof.print_stats(sort)
 
 if hasattr(os, "times"):
     def _get_time_times(timer=os.times):