diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/graal/snippets/NonSnippetLowerings.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/graal/snippets/NonSnippetLowerings.java
index 4a3383574fbf..60f8ed9ba6ea 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/graal/snippets/NonSnippetLowerings.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/graal/snippets/NonSnippetLowerings.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.DeoptimizationReason;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaConstant;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaKind;
+import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaMethodProfile;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaType;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
 
@@ -494,8 +495,8 @@ protected LoweredCallTargetNode createDirectCall(StructuredGraph graph, MethodCa
 
         protected IndirectCallTargetNode createIndirectCall(StructuredGraph graph, MethodCallTargetNode callTarget, NodeInputList<ValueNode> parameters, SharedMethod method, JavaType[] signature,
                         CallingConvention.Type callType, InvokeKind invokeKind, ValueNode entry) {
-            return graph.add(new SubstrateIndirectCallTargetNode(entry, parameters.toArray(new ValueNode[parameters.size()]), callTarget.returnStamp(), signature, method, callType, invokeKind,
-                            ((SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode) callTarget).getMethodProfile()));
+            JavaMethodProfile methodProfile = callTarget instanceof SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode substrateCallTarget ? substrateCallTarget.getMethodProfile() : null;
+            return graph.add(new SubstrateIndirectCallTargetNode(entry, parameters.toArray(ValueNode.EMPTY_ARRAY), callTarget.returnStamp(), signature, method, callType, invokeKind, methodProfile));
         }
 
         private static CallTargetNode createUnreachableCallTarget(LoweringTool tool, FixedNode node, NodeInputList<ValueNode> parameters, StampPair returnStamp, JavaType[] signature,
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/nodes/SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/nodes/SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode.java
index cda372db451f..ecac94eb9d35 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/nodes/SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.core/src/com/oracle/svm/core/nodes/SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode.java
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaTypeProfile;
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.ResolvedJavaMethod;
 
+/**
+ * Extension of {@link MethodCallTargetNode} that adds a {@link JavaMethodProfile} when available.
+ * Note that the replacement from {@link MethodCallTargetNode} to
+ * {@link SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode} is not mandatory. SVM code can introduce new
+ * {@link MethodCallTargetNode}s.
+ */
 @NodeInfo
 public final class SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode extends MethodCallTargetNode {
     public static final NodeClass<SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode> TYPE = NodeClass.create(SubstrateMethodCallTargetNode.class);