diff --git a/lib/cartodb/api/auth_api.js b/lib/cartodb/api/auth_api.js
index 68533fe9..484d66b1 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/api/auth_api.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/api/auth_api.js
@@ -95,9 +95,7 @@ AuthApi.prototype.authorize = function(req, callback) {
             self.authorizedByAPIKey(user, req, this);
         },
         function checkApiKey(err, authorized){
-            if (req.profiler) {
-                req.profiler.done('authorizedByAPIKey');
-            }
+            req.profiler.done('authorizedByAPIKey');
             assert.ifError(err);
 
             // if not authorized by api_key, continue
@@ -131,9 +129,7 @@ AuthApi.prototype.authorize = function(req, callback) {
             }
 
             self.pgConnection.setDBAuth(user, req.params, function(err) {
-                if (req.profiler) {
-                    req.profiler.done('setDBAuth');
-                }
+                req.profiler.done('setDBAuth');
                 callback(err, true); // authorized (or error)
             });
         }
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
index 4ce9af17..90934b7d 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/base.js
@@ -61,9 +61,7 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
         lzmaWorker.decompress(
             lzma,
             function(result) {
-                if (req.profiler) {
-                    req.profiler.done('lzma');
-                }
+                req.profiler.done('lzma');
                 try {
                     delete req.query.lzma;
                     _.extend(req.query, JSON.parse(result));
@@ -115,18 +113,14 @@ BaseController.prototype.req2params = function(req, callback){
     // bring all query values onto req.params object
     _.extend(req.params, req.query);
 
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        req.profiler.done('req2params.setup');
-    }
+    req.profiler.done('req2params.setup');
 
     step(
         function getPrivacy(){
             self.authApi.authorize(req, this);
         },
         function validateAuthorization(err, authorized) {
-            if (req.profiler) {
-                req.profiler.done('authorize');
-            }
+            req.profiler.done('authorize');
             assert.ifError(err);
             if(!authorized) {
                 err = new Error("Sorry, you are unauthorized (permission denied)");
@@ -167,9 +161,7 @@ BaseController.prototype.send = function(req, res, body, status, headers) {
         res.set('X-Served-By-DB-Host', req.params.dbhost);
     }
 
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        res.set('X-Tiler-Profiler', req.profiler.toJSONString());
-    }
+    res.set('X-Tiler-Profiler', req.profiler.toJSONString());
 
     if (headers) {
         res.set(headers);
@@ -187,14 +179,12 @@ BaseController.prototype.send = function(req, res, body, status, headers) {
         res.send(body);
     }
 
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        try {
-            // May throw due to dns, see
-            // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/issues/166
-            req.profiler.sendStats();
-        } catch (err) {
-            debug("error sending profiling stats: " + err);
-        }
+    try {
+        // May throw due to dns, see
+        // See http://github.com/CartoDB/Windshaft/issues/166
+        req.profiler.sendStats();
+    } catch (err) {
+        debug("error sending profiling stats: " + err);
     }
 };
 // jshint maxcomplexity:6
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
index 417cf266..cfd9e0d6 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/map.js
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ MapController.prototype.createPost = function(req, res) {
 };
 
 MapController.prototype.instantiate = function(req, res) {
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_post');
-    }
+    req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_post');
 
     this.instantiateTemplate(req, res, function prepareTemplateParams(callback) {
         if (!req.is('application/json')) {
@@ -100,9 +98,7 @@ MapController.prototype.instantiate = function(req, res) {
 };
 
 MapController.prototype.jsonp = function(req, res) {
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_get');
-    }
+    req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.instance_template_get');
 
     this.instantiateTemplate(req, res, function prepareJsonTemplateParams(callback) {
         var err = null;
@@ -303,9 +299,7 @@ MapController.prototype.afterLayergroupCreate = function(req, res, mapconfig, la
     // take place before proceeding. Error will be logged
     // asynchronously
     this.metadataBackend.incMapviewCount(username, mapconfig.obj().stat_tag, function(err) {
-        if (req.profiler) {
-            req.profiler.done('incMapviewCount');
-        }
+        req.profiler.done('incMapviewCount');
         if ( err ) {
             global.logger.log("ERROR: failed to increment mapview count for user '" + username + "': " + err);
         }
@@ -328,9 +322,7 @@ MapController.prototype.afterLayergroupCreate = function(req, res, mapconfig, la
             QueryTables.getAffectedTablesFromQuery(connection, sql, this);
         },
         function handleAffectedTablesAndLastUpdatedTime(err, result) {
-            if (req.profiler) {
-                req.profiler.done('queryTablesAndLastUpdated');
-            }
+            req.profiler.done('queryTablesAndLastUpdated');
             assert.ifError(err);
             // feed affected tables cache so it can be reused from, for instance, layergroup controller
             self.layergroupAffectedTables.set(dbName, layergroupId, result);
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
index 4d22aeea..f8f9b89c 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps.js
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.tile = function(req, res) {
             self.tileBackend.getTile(namedMapProvider, req.params, this);
         },
         function handleImage(err, tile, headers, stats) {
-            if (req.profiler) {
-                req.profiler.add(stats);
-            }
+            req.profiler.add(stats);
             if (err) {
                 self.sendError(req, res, err, 'NAMED_MAP_TILE');
             } else {
@@ -176,10 +174,8 @@ NamedMapsController.prototype.staticMap = function(req, res) {
             });
         },
         function handleImage(err, image, headers, stats) {
-            if (req.profiler) {
-                req.profiler.done('render-' + format);
-                req.profiler.add(stats || {});
-            }
+            req.profiler.done('render-' + format);
+            req.profiler.add(stats || {});
 
             if (err) {
                 self.sendError(req, res, err, 'STATIC_VIZ_MAP');
diff --git a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js
index 3d201049..08ad5322 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/controllers/named_maps_admin.js
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.update = function(req, res) {
 NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.retrieve = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
 
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.get_template');
-    }
+    req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.get_template');
 
     var cdbuser = req.context.user;
     var tpl_id;
@@ -127,9 +125,7 @@ NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.retrieve = function(req, res) {
 NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.destroy = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
 
-    if (req.profiler) {
-        req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.delete_template');
-    }
+    req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.delete_template');
 
     var cdbuser = req.context.user;
     var tpl_id;
@@ -154,9 +150,7 @@ NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.destroy = function(req, res) {
 
 NamedMapsAdminController.prototype.list = function(req, res) {
     var self = this;
-    if ( req.profiler ) {
-        req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.get_template_list');
-    }
+    req.profiler.start('windshaft-cartodb.get_template_list');
 
     var cdbuser = req.context.user;
 
diff --git a/test/unit/cartodb/ported/tile_stats.test.js b/test/unit/cartodb/ported/tile_stats.test.js
index e5ad622d..45b1fa29 100644
--- a/test/unit/cartodb/ported/tile_stats.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/cartodb/ported/tile_stats.test.js
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ describe('tile stats', function() {
         var layergroupController = new LayergroupController();
 
         var reqMock = {
+            profiler: { toJSONString:function() {} },
             params: {
                 format: invalidFormat
             }
         };
         var resMock = {
             status: function() { return this; },
+            set: function() {},
             json: function() {},
             jsonp: function() {},
             send: function() {}
@@ -54,12 +56,14 @@ describe('tile stats', function() {
             }
         });
         var reqMock = {
+            profiler: { toJSONString:function() {} },
             params: {
                 format: validFormat
             }
         };
         var resMock = {
             status: function() { return this; },
+            set: function() {},
             json: function() {},
             jsonp: function() {},
             send: function() {}