diff --git a/zjit.rb b/zjit.rb
index 2196d0890e3..c677197e3cd 100644
--- a/zjit.rb
+++ b/zjit.rb
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ class << RubyVM::ZJIT
       :compile_hir_clean_cfg_time_ns,
       :compile_hir_remove_redundant_patch_points_time_ns,
       :compile_hir_remove_duplicate_check_interrupts_time_ns,
+      :compile_hir_eliminate_empty_inline_frames_time_ns,
       :compile_hir_eliminate_dead_code_time_ns,
       :compile_lir_time_ns,
       :profile_time_ns,
diff --git a/zjit/src/hir.rs b/zjit/src/hir.rs
index 6c6019d4307..d82c938032b 100644
--- a/zjit/src/hir.rs
+++ b/zjit/src/hir.rs
@@ -7711,6 +7711,7 @@ impl Function {
         // on inlining passes. If we reach the max, we run the loop one more time with inlining
         // disabled in order to optimize the results of the last inlining operation.
         let inline_max_iterations = get_option!(inline_max_iterations);
+        let mut has_ever_inlined = false;
         for iteration in 0..=inline_max_iterations {
             // Function is assumed to have types inferred already
             run_pass!(type_specialize);
@@ -7729,7 +7730,10 @@ impl Function {
             run_pass!(clean_cfg);
             run_pass!(remove_redundant_patch_points);
             run_pass!(remove_duplicate_check_interrupts);
-            run_pass!(eliminate_empty_inline_frames);
+            has_ever_inlined |= did_inline;
+            if has_ever_inlined {
+                run_pass!(eliminate_empty_inline_frames);
+            }
             run_pass!(eliminate_dead_code);
 
             if !did_inline {