diff --git a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
index 28af83929c..470e28a8a1 100644
--- a/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
+++ b/metadata-ingestion/src/datahub/ingestion/source/sql/sql_common.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def make_sqlalchemy_uri(
 class SQLSourceReport(SourceReport):
     tables_scanned: int = 0
     views_scanned: int = 0
+    entities_profiled: int = 0
     filtered: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
     query_combiner: Optional[SQLAlchemyQueryCombinerReport] = None
@@ -138,6 +139,9 @@ class SQLSourceReport(SourceReport):
         else:
             raise KeyError(f"Unknown entity {ent_type}.")
 
+    def report_entity_profiled(self, name: str) -> None:
+        self.entities_profiled += 1
+
     def report_dropped(self, ent_name: str) -> None:
         self.filtered.append(ent_name)
 
@@ -642,12 +646,12 @@ class SQLAlchemySource(Source):
             dataset_name = self.get_identifier(
                 schema=schema, entity=table, inspector=inspector
             )
-            self.report.report_entity_scanned(f"profile of {dataset_name}")
 
             if not sql_config.profile_pattern.allowed(dataset_name):
                 self.report.report_dropped(f"profile of {dataset_name}")
                 continue
 
+            self.report.report_entity_profiled(dataset_name)
             yield GEProfilerRequest(
                 pretty_name=dataset_name,
                 batch_kwargs=self.prepare_profiler_args(schema=schema, table=table),