diff --git a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/aix_ppc/thread_aix_ppc.cpp b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/aix_ppc/thread_aix_ppc.cpp
index 3bfee914588..69cd56e4f15 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/aix_ppc/thread_aix_ppc.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/aix_ppc/thread_aix_ppc.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2014 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2025 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2022, IBM Corp.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "precompiled.hpp"
 #include "memory/metaspace.hpp"
 #include "runtime/frame.inline.hpp"
+#include "runtime/os.inline.hpp"
 #include "runtime/thread.hpp"
 
 frame JavaThread::pd_last_frame() {
@@ -54,9 +55,19 @@ bool JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame_for_profiling(frame* fr_addr, void* ucontext,
   if (has_last_Java_frame() && frame_anchor()->walkable()) {
     intptr_t* sp = last_Java_sp();
     address pc = _anchor.last_Java_pc();
-    // pc can be seen as null because not all writers use store pc + release store sp.
-    // Simply discard the sample in this very rare case.
-    if (pc == nullptr) return false;
+    if (pc == nullptr) {
+      // This is not uncommon. Many c1/c2 runtime stubs do not set the pc in the anchor.
+      intptr_t* top_sp = os::Aix::ucontext_get_sp((const ucontext_t*)ucontext);
+      if ((uint64_t)sp <= ((frame::abi_minframe*)top_sp)->callers_sp) {
+        // The interrupt occurred either in the last java frame or in its direct callee.
+        // We cannot be sure that the link register LR was already saved to the
+        // java frame. Therefore we discard this sample.
+        return false;
+      }
+      // The last java pc will be found in the abi part of the last java frame.
+      *fr_addr = frame(sp);
+      return true;
+    }
     *fr_addr = frame(sp, pc);
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/thread_linux_ppc.cpp b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/thread_linux_ppc.cpp
index bf15786ae1f..06a2a776923 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/thread_linux_ppc.cpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/os_cpu/linux_ppc/thread_linux_ppc.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2022, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2012, 2022 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, 2025 SAP SE. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -53,9 +53,19 @@ bool JavaThread::pd_get_top_frame_for_profiling(frame* fr_addr, void* ucontext,
   if (has_last_Java_frame() && frame_anchor()->walkable()) {
     intptr_t* sp = last_Java_sp();
     address pc = _anchor.last_Java_pc();
-    // pc can be seen as null because not all writers use store pc + release store sp.
-    // Simply discard the sample in this very rare case.
-    if (pc == nullptr) return false;
+    if (pc == nullptr) {
+      // This is not uncommon. Many c1/c2 runtime stubs do not set the pc in the anchor.
+      intptr_t* top_sp = os::Linux::ucontext_get_sp((const ucontext_t*)ucontext);
+      if ((uint64_t)sp <= ((frame::abi_minframe*)top_sp)->callers_sp) {
+        // The interrupt occurred either in the last java frame or in its direct callee.
+        // We cannot be sure that the link register LR was already saved to the
+        // java frame. Therefore we discard this sample.
+        return false;
+      }
+      // The last java pc will be found in the abi part of the last java frame.
+      *fr_addr = frame(sp);
+      return true;
+    }
     *fr_addr = frame(sp, pc);
     return true;
   }