diff --git a/model_analyzer/perf_analyzer/perf_analyzer.py b/model_analyzer/perf_analyzer/perf_analyzer.py
index b301ee97e..b74dc1aa1 100755
--- a/model_analyzer/perf_analyzer/perf_analyzer.py
+++ b/model_analyzer/perf_analyzer/perf_analyzer.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def _get_cmd(self):
 
     def _get_single_model_cmd(self, index):
         if self._model_type == "LLM":
-            cmd = ["genai-perf", "-m", self._config.models_name()]
+            cmd = ["genai-perf", "profile", "-m", self._config.models_name()]
             cmd += self._get_genai_perf_cli_command(index).replace("=", " ").split()
             cmd += ["--"]
             cmd += (