diff --git a/runtime/compiler/optimizer/JProfilingValue.cpp b/runtime/compiler/optimizer/JProfilingValue.cpp
index 45d6e19c20b..bdba395243e 100644
--- a/runtime/compiler/optimizer/JProfilingValue.cpp
+++ b/runtime/compiler/optimizer/JProfilingValue.cpp
@@ -317,11 +317,23 @@ void
 TR_JProfilingValue::lowerCalls()
    {
    TR::TreeTop *cursor = comp()->getStartTree();
+   bool stopProfiling = false;
    TR_BitVector *backwardAnalyzedAddressNodesToCheck = new (comp()->trStackMemory()) TR_BitVector();
    while (cursor)
       {
       TR::Node * node = cursor->getNode();
       TR::TreeTop *nextTreeTop = cursor->getNextTreeTop();
+      int32_t ipMax = comp()->maxInternalPointers()/2;
+      static const char * ipl = feGetEnv("TR_ProfilingIPLimit");
+      if (ipl)
+         {
+         static const int32_t ipLimit = atoi(ipl);
+         ipMax = ipLimit;
+         }
+
+      if (!stopProfiling && (comp()->getSymRefTab()->getNumInternalPointers() >= ipMax))
+         stopProfiling = true;
+
       if (node->isProfilingCode() &&
          node->getOpCodeValue() == TR::treetop &&
          node->getFirstChild()->getOpCode().isCall() &&
@@ -354,15 +366,20 @@ TR_JProfilingValue::lowerCalls()
             }
 
          backwardAnalyzedAddressNodesToCheck->empty();
-         TR::Node *child = node->getFirstChild();
-         dumpOptDetails(comp(), "%s Replacing profiling placeholder n%dn with value profiling trees\n",
-            optDetailString(), child->getGlobalIndex());
-         // Extract the arguments and add the profiling trees
-         TR::Node *value = child->getFirstChild();
-         TR_AbstractHashTableProfilerInfo *table = (TR_AbstractHashTableProfilerInfo*) child->getSecondChild()->getAddress();
-         bool needNullTest =  comp()->getSymRefTab()->isNonHelper(child->getSymbolReference(), TR::SymbolReferenceTable::jProfileValueWithNullCHKSymbol);
-         addProfilingTrees(comp(), cursor, value, table, needNullTest, true, trace());
-         // Remove the original trees and continue from the tree after the profiling
+
+         if (!stopProfiling)
+            {
+            TR::Node *child = node->getFirstChild();
+            dumpOptDetails(comp(), "%s Replacing profiling placeholder n%dn with value profiling trees\n",
+               optDetailString(), child->getGlobalIndex());
+            // Extract the arguments and add the profiling trees
+            TR::Node *value = child->getFirstChild();
+            TR_AbstractHashTableProfilerInfo *table = (TR_AbstractHashTableProfilerInfo*) child->getSecondChild()->getAddress();
+            bool needNullTest =  comp()->getSymRefTab()->isNonHelper(child->getSymbolReference(), TR::SymbolReferenceTable::jProfileValueWithNullCHKSymbol);
+            addProfilingTrees(comp(), cursor, value, table, needNullTest, true, trace());
+            // Remove the original trees and continue from the tree after the profiling
+            }
+
          TR::TransformUtil::removeTree(comp(), cursor);
          if (trace())
             comp()->dumpMethodTrees("After Adding Profiling Trees");