diff --git a/profiler/profiler.go b/profiler/profiler.go
index df1a984022..d9b97efa96 100644
--- a/profiler/profiler.go
+++ b/profiler/profiler.go
@@ -21,7 +21,14 @@ const customProfileLabelLimit = 10
 // It may return an error if an API key is not provided by means of the
 // WithAPIKey option, or if a hostname is not found.
 func Start(opts ...Option) error {
-	return v2.Start(opts...)
+	// HACK: quick fix for removing any nil options without releasing a new v2 version
+	var filteredOpts []Option
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		if opt != nil {
+			filteredOpts = append(filteredOpts, opt)
+		}
+	}
+	return v2.Start(filteredOpts...)
 }
 
 // Stop cancels any ongoing profiling or upload operations and returns after
diff --git a/profiler/profiler_test.go b/profiler/profiler_test.go
index f8029ccd47..372ba2cfe9 100644
--- a/profiler/profiler_test.go
+++ b/profiler/profiler_test.go
@@ -637,3 +637,12 @@ func TestMetricsProfileStopEarlyNoLog(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFilterNilOptionsOnStart(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test that nil options are filtered out when calling Start
+	// We set a nil option, because WithAPIKey was deprecated in v2, and
+	// we set also on purpose an option that will generate an error, as
+	// WithUploadTimeout(0) is not allowed.
+	err := Start(WithAPIKey("foo"), WithUploadTimeout(0))
+	require.Error(t, err)
+}