diff --git a/lib/internal/v8_prof_processor.js b/lib/internal/v8_prof_processor.js
index 05452c18084..c84b3104d20 100644
--- a/lib/internal/v8_prof_processor.js
+++ b/lib/internal/v8_prof_processor.js
@@ -25,5 +25,8 @@ if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
   tickArguments.push('--windows');
 }
 tickArguments.push.apply(tickArguments, process.argv.slice(1));
-script = 'arguments = ' + JSON.stringify(tickArguments) + ';\n' + script;
+script = `(function() {
+  arguments = ${JSON.stringify(tickArguments)};
+  ${script}
+})()`;
 eval(script);