diff --git a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
index 74aa72c6c..1bff64b64 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG_PENDING.md
@@ -40,3 +40,4 @@
 - [libs/db] \#3717 Fixed the BoltDB backend's Batch.Delete implementation (@Yawning)
 - [libs/db] \#3718 Fixed the BoltDB backend's Get and Iterator implementation (@Yawning)
 - [node] \#3716 Fix a bug where `nil` is recorded as node's address
+- [node] \#3741 Fix profiler blocking the entire node
diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index 85fef5ee7..c992e2424 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -630,7 +630,9 @@ func NewNode(config *cfg.Config,
 	}
 
 	if config.ProfListenAddress != "" {
-		go logger.Error("Profile server", "err", http.ListenAndServe(config.ProfListenAddress, nil))
+		go func() {
+			logger.Error("Profile server", "err", http.ListenAndServe(config.ProfListenAddress, nil))
+		}()
 	}
 
 	node := &Node{