diff --git a/ddtrace/profiling/collector/_lock.py b/ddtrace/profiling/collector/_lock.py
index ab01e66c2a5..33cf8bc226f 100644
--- a/ddtrace/profiling/collector/_lock.py
+++ b/ddtrace/profiling/collector/_lock.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def _acquire(self, inner_func, *args, **kwargs):
         finally:
             try:
                 end = self._self_acquired_at = time.monotonic_ns()
+                print("lock acquired at ", end)
                 thread_id, thread_name = _current_thread()
                 task_id, task_name, task_frame = _task.get_task(thread_id)
                 self._maybe_update_self_name()
@@ -179,57 +180,62 @@ def acquire(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
     def _release(self, inner_func, *args, **kwargs):
         # type (typing.Any, typing.Any) -> None
-        # Since we're holding this lock, we can be sure that _self_acquired_at is set
-        start = self._self_acquired_at
+
+        start = None
+        if hasattr(self, "_self_acquired_at"):
+            # _self_acquired_at is only set when the acquire was captured
+            # if it's not set, we're not capturing the release
+            start = self.self_acquired_at
         try:
             return inner_func(*args, **kwargs)
         finally:
-            end = time.monotonic_ns()
-            thread_id, thread_name = _current_thread()
-            task_id, task_name, task_frame = _task.get_task(thread_id)
-            lock_name = "%s:%s" % (self._self_init_loc, self._self_name) if self._self_name else self._self_init_loc
+            if start is not None:
+                end = time.monotonic_ns()
+                thread_id, thread_name = _current_thread()
+                task_id, task_name, task_frame = _task.get_task(thread_id)
+                lock_name = "%s:%s" % (self._self_init_loc, self._self_name) if self._self_name else self._self_init_loc
 
-            if task_frame is None:
-                # See the comments in _acquire
-                frame = sys._getframe(2)
-            else:
-                frame = task_frame
-
-            frames, nframes = _traceback.pyframe_to_frames(frame, self._self_max_nframes)
-
-            if self._self_export_libdd_enabled:
-                thread_native_id = _threading.get_thread_native_id(thread_id)
-
-                handle = ddup.SampleHandle()
-                handle.push_monotonic_ns(end)
-                handle.push_lock_name(lock_name)
-                handle.push_release(end - start, 1)  # AFAICT, capture_pct does not adjust anything here
-                handle.push_threadinfo(thread_id, thread_native_id, thread_name)
-                handle.push_task_id(task_id)
-                handle.push_task_name(task_name)
-
-                if self._self_tracer is not None:
-                    handle.push_span(self._self_tracer.current_span())
-                for frame in frames:
-                    handle.push_frame(frame.function_name, frame.file_name, 0, frame.lineno)
-                handle.flush_sample()
-            else:
-                event = self.RELEASE_EVENT_CLASS(
-                    lock_name=lock_name,
-                    frames=frames,
-                    nframes=nframes,
-                    thread_id=thread_id,
-                    thread_name=thread_name,
-                    task_id=task_id,
-                    task_name=task_name,
-                    locked_for_ns=end - start,
-                    sampling_pct=self._self_capture_sampler.capture_pct,
-                )
+                if task_frame is None:
+                    # See the comments in _acquire
+                    frame = sys._getframe(2)
+                else:
+                    frame = task_frame
 
-                if self._self_tracer is not None:
-                    event.set_trace_info(self._self_tracer.current_span(), self._self_endpoint_collection_enabled)
+                frames, nframes = _traceback.pyframe_to_frames(frame, self._self_max_nframes)
+
+                if self._self_export_libdd_enabled:
+                    thread_native_id = _threading.get_thread_native_id(thread_id)
+
+                    handle = ddup.SampleHandle()
+                    handle.push_monotonic_ns(end)
+                    handle.push_lock_name(lock_name)
+                    handle.push_release(end - start, 1)  # AFAICT, capture_pct does not adjust anything here
+                    handle.push_threadinfo(thread_id, thread_native_id, thread_name)
+                    handle.push_task_id(task_id)
+                    handle.push_task_name(task_name)
 
-                self._self_recorder.push_event(event)
+                    if self._self_tracer is not None:
+                        handle.push_span(self._self_tracer.current_span())
+                    for frame in frames:
+                        handle.push_frame(frame.function_name, frame.file_name, 0, frame.lineno)
+                    handle.flush_sample()
+                else:
+                    event = self.RELEASE_EVENT_CLASS(
+                        lock_name=lock_name,
+                        frames=frames,
+                        nframes=nframes,
+                        thread_id=thread_id,
+                        thread_name=thread_name,
+                        task_id=task_id,
+                        task_name=task_name,
+                        locked_for_ns=end - start,
+                        sampling_pct=self._self_capture_sampler.capture_pct,
+                    )
+
+                    if self._self_tracer is not None:
+                        event.set_trace_info(self._self_tracer.current_span(), self._self_endpoint_collection_enabled)
+
+                    self._self_recorder.push_event(event)
 
     def release(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self._release(self.__wrapped__.release, *args, **kwargs)