diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/profiler/browser/profilerEditor.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/profiler/browser/profilerEditor.ts
index fce0f7642a..58b627de9f 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/profiler/browser/profilerEditor.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/profiler/browser/profilerEditor.ts
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ export class ProfilerEditor extends EditorPane {
 					this._profilerService.launchCreateSessionDialog(this.input);
 				}
 
-				if (previousSessionName) {		// skip updating session selector if there is no previous session name
+				if (!this.input.isFileSession) {		// skip updating session selector for File session to block starting another session from a non-connected file session
 					this._updateSessionSelector(previousSessionName);
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ export class ProfilerEditor extends EditorPane {
 			}
 			if (this.input.state.isStopped) {
 				this._updateToolbar();
-				if (!this.input.isFileSession) {		// skip updating session selector for File sessions
+				if (!this.input.isFileSession) {		// skip updating session selector for File sessions to block starting another session from a non-connected file session
 					this._updateSessionSelector();
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/services/profiler/browser/profilerService.ts b/src/sql/workbench/services/profiler/browser/profilerService.ts
index 093b738742..f6dabd5579 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/services/profiler/browser/profilerService.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/services/profiler/browser/profilerService.ts
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export class ProfilerService implements IProfilerService {
 			this.updateMemento(id, { previousSessionName: sessionName });
 			try {
 				await this._runAction(id, provider => provider.startSession(this._idMap.get(id)!, sessionName, sessionType));
-				let isRunning = sessionType === ProfilingSessionType.RemoteSession ? true : false;		// Reading session stops when the file reading completes
+				let isRunning = sessionType === ProfilingSessionType.LocalFile ? false : true;		// Reading session stops when the file reading completes
 				this._sessionMap.get(this._idMap.reverseGet(id)!)!.onSessionStateChanged({ isRunning: isRunning, isStopped: false, isPaused: false });
 
 				return true;