diff --git a/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.cc b/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.cc
index 0e0c3c5..748e24e 100644
--- a/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.cc
+++ b/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.cc
@@ -96,9 +96,7 @@
 
 ProfileCompilationInfo::~ProfileCompilationInfo() {
   VLOG(profiler) << Dumpable<MemStats>(allocator_.GetMemStats());
-  for (DexFileData* data : info_) {
-    delete data;
-  }
+  ClearData();
 }
 
 void ProfileCompilationInfo::DexPcData::AddClass(uint16_t dex_profile_idx,
@@ -2106,4 +2104,12 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+void ProfileCompilationInfo::ClearData() {
+  for (DexFileData* data : info_) {
+    delete data;
+  }
+  info_.clear();
+  profile_key_map_.clear();
+}
+
 }  // namespace art
diff --git a/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.h b/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.h
index 32c796c..e28c5f1 100644
--- a/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.h
+++ b/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info.h
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@
   // Checks if the profile is empty.
   bool IsEmpty() const;
 
+  // Clears all the data from the profile.
+  void ClearData();
+
  private:
   enum ProfileLoadStatus {
     kProfileLoadWouldOverwiteData,
diff --git a/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info_test.cc b/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info_test.cc
index b0f9649..b3262a7 100644
--- a/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info_test.cc
+++ b/libprofile/profile/profile_compilation_info_test.cc
@@ -1339,4 +1339,33 @@
   ASSERT_TRUE(loaded_info.Equals(expected_info));
 }
 
+
+TEST_F(ProfileCompilationInfoTest, ClearData) {
+  ProfileCompilationInfo info;
+  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    ASSERT_TRUE(AddMethod("dex_location1", /* checksum */ 1, /* method_idx */ i, &info));
+  }
+  ASSERT_FALSE(IsEmpty(info));
+  info.ClearData();
+  ASSERT_TRUE(IsEmpty(info));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ProfileCompilationInfoTest, ClearDataAndSave) {
+  ProfileCompilationInfo info;
+  for (uint16_t i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    ASSERT_TRUE(AddMethod("dex_location1", /* checksum */ 1, /* method_idx */ i, &info));
+  }
+  info.ClearData();
+
+  ScratchFile profile;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(info.Save(GetFd(profile)));
+  ASSERT_EQ(0, profile.GetFile()->Flush());
+
+  // Check that we get back what we saved.
+  ProfileCompilationInfo loaded_info;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(profile.GetFile()->ResetOffset());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(loaded_info.Load(GetFd(profile)));
+  ASSERT_TRUE(loaded_info.Equals(info));
+}
+
 }  // namespace art
diff --git a/runtime/jit/profile_saver.cc b/runtime/jit/profile_saver.cc
index 618fde8..d6230f8 100644
--- a/runtime/jit/profile_saver.cc
+++ b/runtime/jit/profile_saver.cc
@@ -516,10 +516,24 @@
       uint64_t last_save_number_of_methods = info.GetNumberOfMethods();
       uint64_t last_save_number_of_classes = info.GetNumberOfResolvedClasses();
 
-      info.AddMethods(profile_methods, ProfileCompilationInfo::MethodHotness::kFlagPostStartup);
+      // Try to add the method data. Note this may fail is the profile loaded from disk contains
+      // outdated data (e.g. the previous profiled dex files might have been updated).
+      // If this happens we clear the profile data and for the save to ensure the file is cleared.
+      if (!info.AddMethods(profile_methods,
+              ProfileCompilationInfo::MethodHotness::kFlagPostStartup)) {
+        LOG(WARNING) << "Could not add methods to the existing profiler. "
+            << "Clearing the profile data.";
+        info.ClearData();
+        force_save = true;
+      }
+
       auto profile_cache_it = profile_cache_.find(filename);
       if (profile_cache_it != profile_cache_.end()) {
-        info.MergeWith(*(profile_cache_it->second));
+        if (!info.MergeWith(*(profile_cache_it->second))) {
+          LOG(WARNING) << "Could not merge the profile. Clearing the profile data.";
+          info.ClearData();
+          force_save = true;
+        }
       }
 
       int64_t delta_number_of_methods =