diff --git a/integration/profiling_test.go b/integration/profiling_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db0629180
--- /dev/null
+++ b/integration/profiling_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+// This file is part of MinIO Console Server
+// Copyright (c) 2022 MinIO, Inc.
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"archive/zip"
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestStartProfiling(t *testing.T) {
+	testAsser := assert.New(t)
+
+	tests := []struct {
+		name string
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "start/stop profiling",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+
+			files := map[string]bool{
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-goroutines.txt":                false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-goroutines-before.txt":         false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-goroutines-before,debug=2.txt": false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-threads-before.pprof":          false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-mem.pprof":                     false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-threads.pprof":                 false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-cpu.pprof":                     false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-mem-before.pprof":              false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-block.pprof":                   false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-trace.trace":                   false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-mutex.pprof":                   false,
+				"profile-127.0.0.1:9000-mutex-before.pprof":            false,
+			}
+
+			client := &http.Client{
+				Timeout: 3 * time.Second,
+			}
+
+			destination := "/api/v1/profiling/start"
+			finalURL := fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:9090%s", destination)
+			request, err := http.NewRequest("POST", finalURL, strings.NewReader("{\"type\":\"cpu,mem,block,mutex,trace,threads,goroutines\"}"))
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			request.Header.Add("Cookie", fmt.Sprintf("token=%s", token))
+			request.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+			response, err := client.Do(request)
+
+			testAsser.Nil(err, fmt.Sprintf("%s returned an error: %v", tt.name, err))
+			testAsser.Equal(201, response.StatusCode)
+
+			time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+
+			destination = "/api/v1/profiling/stop"
+			finalURL = fmt.Sprintf("http://localhost:9090%s", destination)
+			request, err = http.NewRequest("POST", finalURL, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Println(err)
+				return
+			}
+
+			request.Header.Add("Cookie", fmt.Sprintf("token=%s", token))
+			request.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+			response, err = client.Do(request)
+
+			testAsser.Nil(err, fmt.Sprintf("%s returned an error: %v", tt.name, err))
+			testAsser.Equal(200, response.StatusCode)
+			zipFileBytes, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
+			if err != nil {
+				testAsser.Nil(err, fmt.Sprintf("%s returned an error: %v", tt.name, err))
+			}
+			filetype := http.DetectContentType(zipFileBytes)
+			testAsser.Equal("application/zip", filetype)
+
+			zipReader, err := zip.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(zipFileBytes), int64(len(zipFileBytes)))
+			if err != nil {
+				testAsser.Nil(err, fmt.Sprintf("%s returned an error: %v", tt.name, err))
+			}
+
+			// Read all the files from zip archive
+			for _, zipFile := range zipReader.File {
+				files[zipFile.Name] = true
+			}
+
+			for k, v := range files {
+				testAsser.Equal(true, v, fmt.Sprintf("%s : compressed file expected to have %v file inside", tt.name, k))
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/restapi/admin_profiling.go b/restapi/admin_profiling.go
index f2e4f3467..9103f92f9 100644
--- a/restapi/admin_profiling.go
+++ b/restapi/admin_profiling.go
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ func stopProfiling(ctx context.Context, client MinioAdmin) (io.ReadCloser, error
 
 // getProfilingStopResponse() performs setPolicy() and serializes it to the handler's output
 func getProfilingStopResponse(session *models.Principal) (io.ReadCloser, *models.Error) {
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel()
+	ctx := context.Background()
 	mAdmin, err := NewMinioAdminClient(session)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, prepareError(err)