diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/PdoProfilerStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/PdoProfilerStorage.php
index 118abba3ce89..1c90eaeb2ab6 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/PdoProfilerStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/PdoProfilerStorage.php
@@ -201,7 +201,8 @@ protected function createProfileFromData($token, $data, $parent = null)
         $profile->setTime($data['time']);
         $profile->setCollectors(unserialize(base64_decode($data['data'])));
 
-        if (!$parent && isset($data['parent']) && $data['parent']) {
+        // Under sub-requests, $data['parent'] === $token in an exception situation
+        if (!$parent && isset($data['parent']) && $data['parent'] && $data['parent'] !== $token) {
             $parent = $this->read($data['parent']);
         }
 
@@ -209,7 +210,10 @@ protected function createProfileFromData($token, $data, $parent = null)
             $profile->setParent($parent);
         }
 
-        $profile->setChildren($this->readChildren($token, $profile));
+        // Avoid inspecting children under sub-request exception
+        if (!$parent || $parent->getToken() !== $token) {
+            $profile->setChildren($this->readChildren($token, $profile));
+        }
 
         return $profile;
     }