diff --git a/basis/tools/profiler/sampling/sampling-tests.factor b/basis/tools/profiler/sampling/sampling-tests.factor
index 91fe547c35..51a948b56f 100644
--- a/basis/tools/profiler/sampling/sampling-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/tools/profiler/sampling/sampling-tests.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-USING: byte-arrays calendar kernel math memory namespaces
-random threads tools.profiler.sampling
-tools.profiler.sampling.private tools.test sequences ;
+USING: byte-arrays calendar kernel math memory namespaces parser
+random sequences threads tools.profiler.sampling
+tools.profiler.sampling.private tools.test ;
 IN: tools.profiler.sampling.tests
 
 ! Make sure the profiler doesn't blow up the VM
@@ -16,3 +16,11 @@ TUPLE: boom ;
 
 f raw-profile-data set-global
 gc
+
+{ t 0 } [
+    ! Seed the samples data
+    [ "resource:basis/tools/memory/memory.factor" run-file ] profile
+    (get-samples) length 0 >
+    ! Should clear it
+    [ ] profile (get-samples) length
+] unit-test
diff --git a/vm/sampling_profiler.cpp b/vm/sampling_profiler.cpp
index dc6def6ed2..90152f5db6 100644
--- a/vm/sampling_profiler.cpp
+++ b/vm/sampling_profiler.cpp
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ void factor_vm::start_sampling_profiler(fixnum rate) {
   samples_per_second = rate;
   safepoint.sample_counts.clear();
   // Release the memory consumed by colleting samples.
+  samples.clear();
   samples.shrink_to_fit();
+  sample_callstacks.clear();
   sample_callstacks.shrink_to_fit();
+
   samples.reserve(10 * rate);
   sample_callstacks.reserve(100 * rate);
   atomic::store(&sampling_profiler_p, true);