diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_prof.c b/sys/kern/subr_prof.c
index 2999b6e2577d..411dde4ab725 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_prof.c
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_prof.c
@@ -447,10 +447,9 @@ sys_profil(struct thread *td, struct profil_args *uap)
 /*
  * Collect user-level profiling statistics; called on a profiling tick,
  * when a process is running in user-mode.  This routine may be called
- * from an interrupt context.  We try to update the user profiling buffers
- * cheaply with fuswintr() and suswintr().  If that fails, we revert to
- * an AST that will vector us to trap() with a context in which copyin
- * and copyout will work.  Trap will then call addupc_task().
+ * from an interrupt context.  We perform the update with an AST
+ * that will vector us to trap() with a context in which copyin and
+ * copyout will work.  Trap will then call addupc_task().
  *
  * Note that we may (rarely) not get around to the AST soon enough, and
  * lose profile ticks when the next tick overwrites this one, but in this
@@ -461,35 +460,28 @@ void
 addupc_intr(struct thread *td, uintfptr_t pc, u_int ticks)
 {
 	struct uprof *prof;
-	caddr_t addr;
-	u_int i;
-	int v;
 
 	if (ticks == 0)
 		return;
 	prof = &td->td_proc->p_stats->p_prof;
 	PROC_PROFLOCK(td->td_proc);
-	if (pc < prof->pr_off ||
-	    (i = PC_TO_INDEX(pc, prof)) >= prof->pr_size) {
+	if (pc < prof->pr_off || PC_TO_INDEX(pc, prof) >= prof->pr_size) {
 		PROC_PROFUNLOCK(td->td_proc);
 		return;			/* out of range; ignore */
 	}
 
-	addr = prof->pr_base + i;
 	PROC_PROFUNLOCK(td->td_proc);
-	if ((v = fuswintr(addr)) == -1 || suswintr(addr, v + ticks) == -1) {
-		td->td_profil_addr = pc;
-		td->td_profil_ticks = ticks;
-		td->td_pflags |= TDP_OWEUPC;
-		thread_lock(td);
-		td->td_flags |= TDF_ASTPENDING;
-		thread_unlock(td);
-	}
+	td->td_profil_addr = pc;
+	td->td_profil_ticks = ticks;
+	td->td_pflags |= TDP_OWEUPC;
+	thread_lock(td);
+	td->td_flags |= TDF_ASTPENDING;
+	thread_unlock(td);
 }
 
 /*
- * Much like before, but we can afford to take faults here.  If the
- * update fails, we simply turn off profiling.
+ * Actually update the profiling statistics.  If the update fails, we
+ * simply turn off profiling.
  */
 void
 addupc_task(struct thread *td, uintfptr_t pc, u_int ticks)