diff --git a/src/jit.rs b/src/jit.rs
index 2428ff0b..9b95f58e 100644
--- a/src/jit.rs
+++ b/src/jit.rs
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
 
             match insn.opc {
                 ebpf::LD_DW_IMM if !self.executable.get_sbpf_version().disable_lddw() => {
-                    self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(self.pc + 2));
+                    self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(self.pc + 2);
                     self.pc += 1;
                     self.result.pc_section[self.pc] = unsafe { self.anchors[ANCHOR_CALL_UNSUPPORTED_INSTRUCTION].offset_from(self.result.text_section.as_ptr()) as u32 };
                     ebpf::augment_lddw_unchecked(self.program, &mut insn);
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
 
                 // BPF_JMP class
                 ebpf::JA         => {
-                    self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(target_pc));
+                    self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(target_pc);
                     let jump_offset = self.relative_to_target_pc(target_pc, 5);
                     self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::jump_immediate(jump_offset));
                 },
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
                         || (insn.opc == ebpf::RETURN && !self.executable.get_sbpf_version().static_syscalls()) {
                         return Err(EbpfError::UnsupportedInstruction);
                     }
-                    self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(0));
+                    self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(0);
 
                     let call_depth_access = X86IndirectAccess::Offset(self.slot_in_vm(RuntimeEnvironmentSlot::CallDepth));
                     // If env.call_depth == 0, we've reached the exit instruction of the entry point
@@ -817,7 +817,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
         if self.offset_in_text_section + MAX_MACHINE_CODE_LENGTH_PER_INSTRUCTION * 2 >= self.result.text_section.len() {
             return Err(EbpfError::ExhaustedTextSegment(self.pc));
         }
-        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(self.pc + 1));
+        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(self.pc + 1);
         self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::load_immediate(REGISTER_SCRATCH, self.pc as i64)); // Save pc
         self.emit_set_exception_kind(EbpfError::ExecutionOverrun);
         self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::jump_immediate(self.relative_to_anchor(ANCHOR_THROW_EXCEPTION, 5)));
@@ -982,8 +982,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    fn emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(&mut self, target_pc: Option<usize>) {
-        let target_pc = target_pc.unwrap();
+    fn emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(&mut self, target_pc: usize) {
         self.last_instruction_meter_validation_pc = self.pc;
         self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::load_immediate(REGISTER_SCRATCH, (((target_pc << 32) | self.pc) as i64) ^ self.immediate_value_key));
         self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::call_immediate(self.relative_to_anchor(ANCHOR_VALIDATE_AND_PROFILE_INSTRUCTION_COUNT, 5)));
@@ -1143,7 +1142,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn emit_syscall_dispatch(&mut self, function: BuiltinFunction<C>) {
-        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(0));
+        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(0);
         self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::load_immediate(REGISTER_SCRATCH, function as usize as i64));
         self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::call_immediate(self.relative_to_anchor(ANCHOR_EXTERNAL_FUNCTION_CALL, 5)));
         self.emit_undo_profile_instruction_count(0);
@@ -1218,7 +1217,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn emit_conditional_branch_reg(&mut self, op: u8, bitwise: bool, first_operand: X86Register, second_operand: X86Register, target_pc: usize) {
-        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(target_pc));
+        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(target_pc);
         if bitwise { // Logical
             self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::test(OperandSize::S64, first_operand, second_operand, None));
         } else { // Arithmetic
@@ -1231,7 +1230,7 @@ impl<'a, C: ContextObject> JitCompiler<'a, C> {
 
     #[inline]
     fn emit_conditional_branch_imm(&mut self, op: u8, bitwise: bool, immediate: i64, second_operand: X86Register, target_pc: usize) {
-        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(Some(target_pc));
+        self.emit_validate_and_profile_instruction_count(target_pc);
         if self.should_sanitize_constant(immediate) {
             self.emit_ins(X86Instruction::mov_mmx(OperandSize::S64, REGISTER_SCRATCH, MM0));        
             self.emit_sanitized_load_immediate(REGISTER_SCRATCH, immediate);