diff --git a/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc b/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc
index 25d6a5e01d..07ee05675c 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/ProfileFunc.cc
@@ -578,6 +578,8 @@ ProfileFuncs::ProfileFuncs(std::vector<FuncInfo>& funcs, is_compilable_pred pred
 
         if ( ! pred || (*pred)(pf.get(), nullptr) )
             MergeInProfile(pf.get());
+        else if ( pred )
+            f.SetSkip(true);
 
         // Track the profile even if we're not compiling the function, since
         // the AST optimizer will still need it to reason about function-call
diff --git a/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc b/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
index 47effda307..ce697ef890 100644
--- a/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
+++ b/src/script_opt/ScriptOpt.cc
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ static void use_CPP() {
     auto pfs = std::make_unique<ProfileFuncs>(funcs, is_CPP_compilable, true, false);
 
     for ( auto& f : funcs ) {
+        if ( f.ShouldSkip() )
+            continue;
+
         auto hash = f.Profile()->HashVal();
         auto s = compiled_scripts.find(hash);