diff --git a/src/profiler.cpp b/src/profiler.cpp
index 8ad80311c..ab8fbe496 100644
--- a/src/profiler.cpp
+++ b/src/profiler.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ void Profiler::avg(const std::string &name, float value)
 	if (it == m_data.end()) {
 		m_data.emplace(name, DataPair{value, 1});
 	} else {
-		assert(it->second.avgcount >= 1);
+		assert(it->second.avgcount >= 0);
 		it->second.value += value;
 		it->second.avgcount++;
 	}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ void Profiler::clear()
 {
 	MutexAutoLock lock(m_mutex);
 	for (auto &it : m_data)
-		it.second = DataPair();
+		it.second.reset();
 	m_start_time = porting::getTimeMs();
 }
 
diff --git a/src/profiler.h b/src/profiler.h
index f2aa7c6d5..e7135d9c2 100644
--- a/src/profiler.h
+++ b/src/profiler.h
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ private:
 		float value = 0;
 		int avgcount = 0;
 
+		inline void reset() {
+			value = 0;
+			// negative values are used for type checking, so leave them alone
+			if (avgcount >= 1)
+				avgcount = 0;
+		}
 		inline float getValue() const {
 			return avgcount >= 1 ? (value / avgcount) : value;
 		}