diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cprofile.py b/Lib/test/test_cprofile.py
index acead07d507e4b..c2d9dcab09ed9e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cprofile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cprofile.py
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ def test_second_profiler(self):
         pr = self.profilerclass()
         pr2 = self.profilerclass()
         pr.enable()
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, pr2.enable)
-        pr.disable()
+        self.addCleanup(pr.disable)
+        msg = f"tool {sys.monitoring.PROFILER_ID} is already in use"
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(ValueError, msg, pr2.enable)
 
     def test_throw(self):
         """
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-05-16-09-31.gh-issue-153068.huY9Jh.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-05-16-09-31.gh-issue-153068.huY9Jh.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..accf6e99cd6434
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-05-16-09-31.gh-issue-153068.huY9Jh.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :meth:`!cProfile.Profile.enable` to no longer overwrite errors from
+:mod:`sys.monitoring`.
diff --git a/Modules/_lsprof.c b/Modules/_lsprof.c
index f23f254c0aa0db..fcd856f1035d6c 100644
--- a/Modules/_lsprof.c
+++ b/Modules/_lsprof.c
@@ -759,7 +759,6 @@ profiler_enable(ProfilerObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
                                           "use_tool_id", "is",
                                           self->tool_id, "cProfile");
     if (check == NULL) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Another profiling tool is already active");
         goto error;
     }
     Py_DECREF(check);