diff --git a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/TempLocationManager.java b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/TempLocationManager.java
index 589126d61a7..7b3a01e053e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/TempLocationManager.java
+++ b/dd-java-agent/agent-profiling/profiling-controller/src/main/java/com/datadog/profiling/controller/TempLocationManager.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ private TempLocationManager() {
     tempDir = baseTempDir.resolve(TEMPDIR_PREFIX + pid);
     if (runStartupCleanup) {
       // do not execute the background cleanup task when running in tests
-      AgentTaskScheduler.INSTANCE.execute(() -> cleanup(false));
+      AgentTaskScheduler.INSTANCE.execute(cleanupTask);
     }
 
     Thread selfCleanup =