diff --git a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ProfilingTraceData.java b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ProfilingTraceData.java
index fb4bce5434..f156ae5cc0 100644
--- a/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ProfilingTraceData.java
+++ b/sentry/src/main/java/io/sentry/ProfilingTraceData.java
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ public void setSampled_profile(@Nullable String sampledProfile) {
   public void readDeviceCpuFrequencies() {
     try {
       this.device_cpu_frequencies = deviceCpuFrequenciesReader.call();
-    } catch (Exception e) {
-      this.device_cpu_frequencies = new ArrayList<>();
+    } catch (Throwable ignored) {
+      // should never happen
     }
   }
 }