diff --git a/src/profiler/state.rs b/src/profiler/state.rs
index f305bbc..74b6130 100644
--- a/src/profiler/state.rs
+++ b/src/profiler/state.rs
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ impl ProgramState {
         let Some(stack) = self.call_stacks.get_mut(code) else {
             bail!("missing stack {code:04x}");
         };
+        // just popping the inline frames first
+        while stack
+            .pop_if(|f| matches!(f, StackFrame::Label(_)))
+            .is_some()
+        {}
         if stack.pop().is_none() {
             bail!("returned from {code:04x} but stack was empty");
         }