diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejit.cpp b/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejit.cpp
index 380a007c78085..a1821efcaf411 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejit.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejit.cpp
@@ -1202,16 +1202,13 @@ void MulticoreJitManager::StartProfile(AppDomain * pDomain, ICLRPrivBinder *pBin
 
     if ((pProfile != NULL) && (pProfile[0] != 0)) // Ignore empty file name, just same as StopProfile
     {
-        bool gatherProfile = (int)CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_MultiCoreJitNoProfileGather) == 0;
-
         MulticoreJitRecorder * pRecorder = new (nothrow) MulticoreJitRecorder(
             pDomain,
-            pBinderContext,
-            gatherProfile);
+            pBinderContext);
 
         if (pRecorder != NULL)
         {
-            gatherProfile = pRecorder->CanGatherProfile();
+            bool gatherProfile = (int)CLRConfig::GetConfigValue(CLRConfig::INTERNAL_MultiCoreJitNoProfileGather) == 0;
 
             m_pMulticoreJitRecorder = pRecorder;
 
@@ -1221,9 +1218,10 @@ void MulticoreJitManager::StartProfile(AppDomain * pDomain, ICLRPrivBinder *pBin
 
             MulticoreJitTrace(("MulticoreJitRecorder session %d created: %x", sessionID, hr));
 
-            if ((hr == COR_E_BADIMAGEFORMAT) || SUCCEEDED(hr)) // Ignore COR_E_BADIMAGEFORMAT, always record new profile
+            if ((hr == COR_E_BADIMAGEFORMAT) || (SUCCEEDED(hr) && gatherProfile)) // Ignore COR_E_BADIMAGEFORMAT, always record new profile
             {
-                m_fRecorderActive = gatherProfile;
+                m_pMulticoreJitRecorder->Activate();
+                m_fRecorderActive = m_pMulticoreJitRecorder->CanGatherProfile();
             }
 
             _FireEtwMulticoreJit(W("STARTPROFILE"), W("Recorder"), m_fRecorderActive, hr, 0);
diff --git a/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejitimpl.h b/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejitimpl.h
index d1f05816788f2..3a0d3b4eed060 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejitimpl.h
+++ b/src/coreclr/vm/multicorejitimpl.h
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ class MulticoreJitRecorder
 
 public:
 
-    MulticoreJitRecorder(AppDomain * pDomain, ICLRPrivBinder * pBinderContext, bool fRecorderActive)
+    MulticoreJitRecorder(AppDomain * pDomain, ICLRPrivBinder * pBinderContext)
         : m_stats(pDomain->GetMulticoreJitManager().GetStats())
         , m_ModuleList(nullptr)
         , m_JitInfoArray(nullptr)
@@ -665,18 +665,10 @@ class MulticoreJitRecorder
         m_pDomain           = pDomain;
         m_pBinderContext    = pBinderContext;
 
-        if (fRecorderActive)
-        {
-            m_ModuleList        = new (nothrow) RecorderModuleInfo[MAX_MODULES];
-        }
         m_ModuleCount       = 0;
 
         m_ModuleDepCount    = 0;
 
-        if (fRecorderActive)
-        {
-            m_JitInfoArray      = new (nothrow) RecorderInfo[MAX_METHODS];
-        }
         m_JitInfoCount      = 0;
 
         m_fFirstMethod      = true;
@@ -726,6 +718,14 @@ class MulticoreJitRecorder
                (m_ModuleCount  >= MAX_MODULES);
     }
 
+    void Activate()
+    {
+        LIMITED_METHOD_CONTRACT;
+
+        m_ModuleList = new (nothrow) RecorderModuleInfo[MAX_MODULES];
+        m_JitInfoArray = new (nothrow) RecorderInfo[MAX_METHODS];
+    }
+
     void RecordMethodJitOrLoad(MethodDesc * pMethod, bool application);
 
     MulticoreJitCodeInfo RequestMethodCode(MethodDesc * pMethod, MulticoreJitManager * pManager);