diff --git a/include/haproxy/activity-t.h b/include/haproxy/activity-t.h
index 82666d305..b396dc023 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/activity-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/activity-t.h
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ enum memprof_method {
 	MEMPROF_METH_METHODS /* count, must be last */
 };
 
+/* mask of 1 << method to match those which free. Note that we don't count
+ * p_alloc among them since p_alloc only has an optionally valid free counter
+ * but which is reported by another call in any case since p_alloc itself does
+ * not free.
+ */
+#define MEMPROF_FREE_MASK   ((1UL << MEMPROF_METH_REALLOC) | \
+                             (1UL << MEMPROF_METH_FREE)    | \
+                             (1UL << MEMPROF_METH_P_FREE))
+
 /* stats:
  *   - malloc increases alloc
  *   - free increases free (if non null)
diff --git a/src/activity.c b/src/activity.c
index 203e3e275..5a058f32f 100644
--- a/src/activity.c
+++ b/src/activity.c
@@ -825,9 +825,7 @@ static int cli_io_handler_show_profiling(struct appctx *appctx)
 		else
 			chunk_appendf(&trash, "[other]");
 
-		if ((tmp_memstats[i].method != MEMPROF_METH_P_ALLOC) &&
-		    (tmp_memstats[i].method != MEMPROF_METH_MALLOC) &&
-		    (tmp_memstats[i].method != MEMPROF_METH_CALLOC)) {
+		if (((1UL << tmp_memstats[i].method) & MEMPROF_FREE_MASK) || !entry->alloc_calls) {
 			chunk_appendf(&trash," %s(%lld)", memprof_methods[entry->method],
 				(long long)(entry->alloc_tot - entry->free_tot) / (long long)(entry->alloc_calls + entry->free_calls));
 		} else
@@ -858,9 +856,7 @@ static int cli_io_handler_show_profiling(struct appctx *appctx)
 	for (i = 0; i < max_lines; i++) {
 		tot_alloc_calls += tmp_memstats[i].alloc_calls;
 		tot_alloc_bytes += tmp_memstats[i].alloc_tot;
-		if ((tmp_memstats[i].method != MEMPROF_METH_P_ALLOC) &&
-		    (tmp_memstats[i].method != MEMPROF_METH_MALLOC) &&
-		    (tmp_memstats[i].method != MEMPROF_METH_CALLOC)) {
+		if ((1UL << tmp_memstats[i].method) & MEMPROF_FREE_MASK) {
 			tot_free_calls  += tmp_memstats[i].free_calls;
 			tot_free_bytes  += tmp_memstats[i].free_tot;
 		}
@@ -912,9 +908,7 @@ static int cli_io_handler_show_profiling(struct appctx *appctx)
 			tmp_memstats[j].info = strdup(p);   // may fail, but checked when used
 			tmp_memstats[j].alloc_calls = entry->alloc_calls;
 			tmp_memstats[j].alloc_tot   = entry->alloc_tot;
-			if ((entry->method != MEMPROF_METH_P_ALLOC) &&
-			    (entry->method != MEMPROF_METH_MALLOC) &&
-			    (entry->method != MEMPROF_METH_CALLOC)) {
+			if ((1UL << entry->method) & MEMPROF_FREE_MASK) {
 				tmp_memstats[j].free_calls  = entry->free_calls;
 				tmp_memstats[j].free_tot    = entry->free_tot;
 			} else {
@@ -924,9 +918,7 @@ static int cli_io_handler_show_profiling(struct appctx *appctx)
 		} else {
 			tmp_memstats[j].alloc_calls += entry->alloc_calls;
 			tmp_memstats[j].alloc_tot += entry->alloc_tot;
-			if ((entry->method != MEMPROF_METH_P_ALLOC) &&
-			    (entry->method != MEMPROF_METH_MALLOC) &&
-			    (entry->method != MEMPROF_METH_CALLOC)) {
+			if ((1UL << entry->method) & MEMPROF_FREE_MASK) {
 				tmp_memstats[j].free_calls  += entry->free_calls;
 				tmp_memstats[j].free_tot  += entry->free_tot;
 			}