diff --git a/autosubmit/autosubmit.py b/autosubmit/autosubmit.py
index 10f7a7be3574e5e1d2a2726f26eb7940f774b241..d1a7b00c99c6d94c799efaa2eec742e92f810522 100644
--- a/autosubmit/autosubmit.py
+++ b/autosubmit/autosubmit.py
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ class Autosubmit:
         :param start_time: the time at which the experiment should start
         :param start_after: the expid after which the experiment should start
         :param run_only_members: the members to run
-        :param profile: if True, the whole experiment will be profiled
+        :param profile: if True, the function will be profiled
         :return: None
 
         """
diff --git a/autosubmit/profiler/profiler.py b/autosubmit/profiler/profiler.py
index 789402b4d9130faf67addbd3a179f2078e9a6788..b73ccea09f2aba409167ad292082d2ffd02e650f 100644
--- a/autosubmit/profiler/profiler.py
+++ b/autosubmit/profiler/profiler.py
@@ -46,24 +46,26 @@ class Profiler:
 
         # Error handling flags
         self._started = False
+        self._finished = False
 
     def start(self) -> None:
         """Function to start the profiling process."""
         if self._started:
             raise AutosubmitCritical('The profiling process was already started.', 7074)
 
+        self._started = True
         self._profiler.enable()
         self._mem_init += _get_current_memory()
-        self._started = True
 
     def stop(self) -> None:
         """Function to finish the profiling process."""
-        if not self._started:
+        if not self._started or self._finished:
             raise AutosubmitCritical('Cannot stop the profiler because was not running.', 7074)
 
         self._profiler.disable()
         self._mem_final += _get_current_memory()
         self._report()
+        self._finished = True
 
     def _report(self) -> None:
         """Function to print the final report into the stdout, log and filesystem."""
diff --git a/test/unit/test_profiler.py b/test/unit/test_profiler.py
index 4d474d572a23a029be09fe099565fd9edbf40f13..cf99067eaaf349f507a6c59f53063d45493cd9e8 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_profiler.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_profiler.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 from autosubmit.profiler.profiler import Profiler
 from log.log import AutosubmitCritical
-from pathlib import Path
 
 
 class TestProfiler(TestCase):
@@ -15,11 +14,6 @@ class TestProfiler(TestCase):
     #                           |
     #                         stop ----> report --->0
 
-    # Status coverage
-    def test_status_machine(self):
-        self.profiler.start()
-        self.profiler.stop()
-
     # Transition coverage
     def test_transitions(self):
         # __init__ -> start
@@ -36,6 +30,10 @@ class TestProfiler(TestCase):
         self.profiler.start()
         self.assertRaises(AutosubmitCritical, self.profiler.start)
 
+        # stop -> stop
+        self.profiler.stop()
+        self.assertRaises(AutosubmitCritical, self.profiler.stop)
+
     # White box tests
     @mock.patch("os.access")
     def test_writing_permission_check_fails(self, mock_response):