diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/SampleProfile.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/SampleProfile.cpp
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/SampleProfile.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/IPO/SampleProfile.cpp
@@ -2416,7 +2416,9 @@
   findProfileAnchors(*FSFlattened, ProfileAnchors);
 
   // Detect profile mismatch for profile staleness metrics report.
-  if (FS && (ReportProfileStaleness || PersistProfileStaleness)) {
+  // Skip reporting the metrics for imported functions.
+  if (FS && !GlobalValue::isAvailableExternallyLinkage(F.getLinkage()) &&
+      (ReportProfileStaleness || PersistProfileStaleness)) {
     countProfileMismatches(F, *FS, IRAnchors, ProfileAnchors);
   }
 
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/Inputs/pseudo-probe-stale-profile-matching-lto.prof b/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/Inputs/pseudo-probe-stale-profile-matching-lto.prof
--- a/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/Inputs/pseudo-probe-stale-profile-matching-lto.prof
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/Inputs/pseudo-probe-stale-profile-matching-lto.prof
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@
  !CFGChecksum: 1125988587804525
 bar:2401:2401
  1: 2401
- !CFGChecksum: 4294967295
+# Orignal CFGChecksum is 4294967295
+ !CFGChecksum: 123
diff --git a/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/pseudo-probe-profile-mismatch-thinlto.ll b/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/pseudo-probe-profile-mismatch-thinlto.ll
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/llvm/test/Transforms/SampleProfile/pseudo-probe-profile-mismatch-thinlto.ll
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+; REQUIRES: x86_64-linux
+; RUN: opt < %S/pseudo-probe-stale-profile-matching-lto.ll -passes='thinlto<O2>' -pgo-kind=pgo-sample-use-pipeline -sample-profile-file=%S/Inputs/pseudo-probe-stale-profile-matching-lto.prof -report-profile-staleness -persist-profile-staleness  -S 2>%t -o %t.ll
+; RUN: FileCheck %s --input-file %t
+; RUN: FileCheck %s --input-file %t.ll -check-prefix=CHECK-MD
+
+; CHECK: (1/1) of functions' profile are invalid and  (6822/6822) of samples are discarded due to function hash mismatch.
+; CHECK: (4/4) of callsites' profile are invalid and (5026/5026) of samples are discarded due to callsite location mismatch.
+
+
+; CHECK-MD: ![[#]] = !{!"NumMismatchedFuncHash", i64 1, !"TotalProfiledFunc", i64 1, !"MismatchedFuncHashSamples", i64 6822, !"TotalFuncHashSamples", i64 6822, !"NumMismatchedCallsites", i64 4, !"TotalProfiledCallsites", i64 4, !"MismatchedCallsiteSamples", i64 5026, !"TotalCallsiteSamples", i64 5026}