diff --git a/cmd/geth/main.go b/cmd/geth/main.go
index 5695c41170..e213423ce3 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/main.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/main.go
@@ -245,11 +245,11 @@ JavaScript API. See https://github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/wiki/Javascipt-Conso
 		utils.LogVModuleFlag,
 		utils.LogFileFlag,
 		utils.LogJSONFlag,
-		utils.PProfDisabledFlag,
+		utils.PProfEanbledFlag,
 		utils.PProfPortFlag,
 	}
 	app.Before = func(ctx *cli.Context) error {
-		if !ctx.GlobalBool(utils.PProfDisabledFlag.Name) {
+		if ctx.GlobalBool(utils.PProfEanbledFlag.Name) {
 			utils.StartPProf(ctx)
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index 429007642f..f81645e4ed 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ var (
 		Usage: "When set to a file and line number holding a logging statement a stack trace will be written to the Info log",
 		Value: glog.GetTraceLocation(),
 	}
-	PProfDisabledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
-		Name:  "nopprof",
-		Usage: "Whether the profiling server should be disabled",
+	PProfEanbledFlag = cli.BoolFlag{
+		Name:  "pprof",
+		Usage: "Whether the profiling server should be enabled",
 	}
 	PProfPortFlag = cli.IntFlag{
 		Name:  "pprofport",