diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2 b/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
index 38a2e5bb94..ccc5e62ef0 100755
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ while [ 1 ]; do
     shift
   elif [ "$1" = "--basenames" ]; then
     export ROCPROFILER_TRUNCATE_KERNEL_PATH=1
+    shift
   elif [ "$1" = "--version" ]; then
     shift
     shift