--- 	
+++ 	Fri May 04 15:33:27 2012 +0200
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ 
 import java.net.*;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.*;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 
 /**
@@ -373,6 +375,7 @@ 
     private static volatile boolean detachCommandReceived;
     private static ProfilerServer profilerServer;
     private static ProfilingSessionStatus status;
+    private static boolean activated = false;
     private static volatile boolean startTargetApp;
     private static volatile boolean targetAppMainThreadComplete;
     private static volatile Exception startupException;
@@ -916,6 +919,25 @@ 
         }
 
         status.targetAppRunning = true;
+        setActivatedFlag();
+    }
+    
+    private static synchronized void setActivatedFlag() {
+        activated = true;
+        ProfilerServer.class.notifyAll();
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Waits till the server gets activated; eg. all internals are initialised
+     */
+    public static synchronized void waitActivated() {
+        while (!activated && !Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()) {
+            try {
+                ProfilerServer.class.wait();
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private static void forcedShutdown() {
--- a/lib.profiler/src/org/netbeans/lib/profiler/server/SamplingThread.java	Fri May 04 12:22:45 2012 +0200
+++ a/lib.profiler/src/org/netbeans/lib/profiler/server/SamplingThread.java	Fri May 04 15:33:27 2012 +0200
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ 
     }
 
     public void run() {
+        ProfilerServer.waitActivated(); // #205344: Wait for the profiler engine to get activated; prevents appearing profiler methods on stack sample
+        
         int adjustedSamplingInterval = samplingInterval;
         int upperBound = (samplingInterval * 5) / 4;
         int lowerBound = samplingInterval / 10;