diff --git a/examples/profiling/profiling_utils.py b/examples/profiling/profiling_utils.py
index 1c7d59d42fde..5a2ffd6a7c8b 100644
--- a/examples/profiling/profiling_utils.py
+++ b/examples/profiling/profiling_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import functools
 import gc
+import inspect
 import logging
 import os
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
@@ -28,7 +29,18 @@ def annotate_pipeline(pipe):
     """Apply profiler annotations to key pipeline methods.
 
     Monkey-patches bound methods so they appear as named spans in the trace.
-    Non-invasive — no source modifications required.
+    Non-invasive -- no source modifications required.
+
+    Sub-component methods are patched at the **class level** (via
+    `setattr(type(component), ...)`) rather than on the instance. This
+    ensures Python's descriptor protocol re-binds the wrapper to whichever
+    instance accesses it, so shallow-copied components (e.g. the duplicated
+    audio_scheduler inside LTX2) call their own logic rather than the
+    original instance's.
+
+    Returns:
+        A restore callable that undoes all patches and restores the
+        original method definitions, making the annotation transient.
     """
     annotations = [
         ("transformer", "forward", "transformer_forward"),
@@ -37,6 +49,8 @@ def annotate_pipeline(pipe):
         ("scheduler", "step", "scheduler_step"),
     ]
 
+    saved = []  # (target, method_name, original_value, is_class_patch)
+
     # Annotate sub-component methods
     for component_name, method_name, label in annotations:
         component = getattr(pipe, component_name, None)
@@ -45,12 +59,37 @@ def annotate_pipeline(pipe):
         method = getattr(component, method_name, None)
         if method is None:
             continue
-        setattr(component, method_name, annotate(method, label))
+        if inspect.ismethod(method):
+            # Patch at the class level so the descriptor protocol correctly
+            # re-binds the wrapper to whichever instance accesses it. This
+            # prevents instance-isolation bugs when a component is
+            # shallow-copied. The original class attribute is saved so the
+            # patch can be reversed when restore() is called.
+            cls = type(component)
+            original = cls.__dict__.get(method_name)
+            setattr(cls, method_name, annotate(method.__func__, label))
+            saved.append((cls, method_name, original, True))
+        else:
+            original = component.__dict__.get(method_name)
+            setattr(component, method_name, annotate(method, label))
+            saved.append((component, method_name, original, False))
 
     # Annotate pipeline-level methods
     if hasattr(pipe, "encode_prompt"):
+        original = pipe.__dict__.get("encode_prompt")
         pipe.encode_prompt = annotate(pipe.encode_prompt, "encode_prompt")
+        saved.append((pipe, "encode_prompt", original, False))
+
+    def restore():
+        """Undo all patches applied by annotate_pipeline, restoring originals."""
+        for target, name, original, is_class in saved:
+            if original is None:
+                if name in vars(target):
+                    delattr(target, name)
+            else:
+                setattr(target, name, original)
 
+    return restore
 
 def flush():
     gc.collect()
@@ -130,7 +169,9 @@ def setup_pipeline(self, annotate=True):
         pipe.set_progress_bar_config(disable=True)
 
         if annotate:
-            annotate_pipeline(pipe)
+            self._restore_annotations = annotate_pipeline(pipe)
+        else:
+            self._restore_annotations = None
         return pipe
 
     def run(self):
@@ -176,7 +217,9 @@ def run(self):
             )
         )
 
-        # Cleanup
+        # Cleanup -- restore patched methods so class-level patches don't persist
+        if self._restore_annotations is not None:
+            self._restore_annotations()
         pipe.to("cpu")
         del pipe
         flush()