diff --git a/bin/spack b/bin/spack
index 9fed11f33bde6276e9832ee3ea1a24cbb0a44e3d..7efa88f1ee7e112cfd0bbc19053f8d06649b0afc 100755
--- a/bin/spack
+++ b/bin/spack
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ def main():
 
 if args.profile:
     import cProfile
-    cProfile.run('main()', sort='tottime')
+    cProfile.run('main()', sort='time')
 elif args.pdb:
     import pdb
     pdb.run('main()')