diff --git a/odoo/tools/profiler.py b/odoo/tools/profiler.py
index 61e611a3e9f..a0a0bfe035b 100644
--- a/odoo/tools/profiler.py
+++ b/odoo/tools/profiler.py
@@ -166,9 +166,21 @@ class PeriodicCollector(Collector):
 
     def run(self):
         self.active = True
+        last_time = time.time()
         while self.active:  # maybe add a check on parent_thread state?
+            duration = time.time() - last_time
+            if duration > self.frame_interval * 10 and self.last_frame:
+                # The profiler has unexpectedly slept for more than 10 frame intervals. This may
+                # happen when calling a C library without releasing the GIL. In that case, the
+                # last frame was taken before the call, and the next frame is after the call, and
+                # the call itself does not appear in any of those frames: the duration of the call
+                # is incorrectly attributed to the last frame.
+                self._entries[-1]['stack'].append(('profiling', 0, '⚠ Profiler freezed for %s s' % duration, ''))
+                self.last_frame = None  # skip duplicate detection for the next frame.
             self.add()
+            last_time = time.time()
             time.sleep(self.frame_interval)
+
         self._entries.append({'stack': [], 'start': time.time()})  # add final end frame
 
     def start(self):