diff --git a/stdlib/Profile/src/Profile.jl b/stdlib/Profile/src/Profile.jl
index ba3532fd92b9e..f67ac882b83b1 100644
--- a/stdlib/Profile/src/Profile.jl
+++ b/stdlib/Profile/src/Profile.jl
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ function _peek_report()
     iob = IOBuffer()
     ioc = IOContext(IOContext(iob, stderr), :displaysize=>displaysize(stderr))
     print(ioc, groupby = [:thread, :task])
-    Base.print(stderr, String(take!(iob)))
+    Base.print(stderr, read(seekstart(iob), AnnotatedString))
 end
 # This is a ref so that it can be overridden by other profile info consumers.
 const peek_report = Ref{Function}(_peek_report)