diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/src/rtl.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/src/rtl.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 static char *ProfileTraceFile = nullptr;
 
 // List of TimeTraceProfiler instances on other threads
+// Needs to be pointer. If this is a file-scope object, the destructor
+// gets called before "deinit" is called.
 std::vector<llvm::TimeTraceProfiler *> *profileInstancesOtherThreads = nullptr;
 std::mutex profLock;
 
@@ -77,8 +79,8 @@
   delete PM;
 
   if (ProfileTraceFile) {
-    for (auto prof : *profileInstancesOtherThreads)
-      timeTraceProfilerFinishThreadExternal(prof);
+    for (auto Prof : *profileInstancesOtherThreads)
+      timeTraceProfilerFinishThreadExternal(Prof);
     // TODO: add env var for file output
     if (auto E = timeTraceProfilerWrite(ProfileTraceFile, "-"))
       fprintf(stderr, "Error writing out the time trace\n");
@@ -96,9 +98,9 @@
     if (llvm::getTimeTraceProfilerInstance() == nullptr) {
       DP("initializing profiler on thread");
       llvm::timeTraceProfilerInitialize(500, "libomptarget");
-      llvm::TimeTraceProfiler *prof = llvm::getTimeTraceProfilerInstance();
+      llvm::TimeTraceProfiler *Prof = llvm::getTimeTraceProfilerInstance();
       std::lock_guard<std::mutex> Lock(profLock);
-      profileInstancesOtherThreads->push_back(prof);
+      profileInstancesOtherThreads->push_back(Prof);
     }
   }
 }