diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/FileProfilerStorage.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/FileProfilerStorage.php
index 29da4abf32..0450589910 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/FileProfilerStorage.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpKernel/Profiler/FileProfilerStorage.php
@@ -144,11 +144,19 @@ class FileProfilerStorage implements ProfilerStorageInterface
             }
         }
 
+        $profileToken = $profile->getToken();
+        // when there are errors in sub-requests, the parent and/or children tokens
+        // may equal the profile token, resulting in infinite loops
+        $parentToken = $profile->getParentToken() !== $profileToken ? $profile->getParentToken() : null;
+        $childrenToken = array_filter(array_map(function ($p) use ($profileToken) {
+            return $profileToken !== $p->getToken() ? $p->getToken() : null;
+        }, $profile->getChildren()));
+
         // Store profile
         $data = array(
-            'token' => $profile->getToken(),
-            'parent' => $profile->getParentToken(),
-            'children' => array_map(function ($p) { return $p->getToken(); }, $profile->getChildren()),
+            'token' => $profileToken,
+            'parent' => $parentToken,
+            'children' => $childrenToken,
             'data' => $profile->getCollectors(),
             'ip' => $profile->getIp(),
             'method' => $profile->getMethod(),