diff --git a/tsl/profiler/lib/BUILD b/tsl/profiler/lib/BUILD
index d75e7fef3..87120c0af 100644
--- a/tsl/profiler/lib/BUILD
+++ b/tsl/profiler/lib/BUILD
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ cc_library(
         "@xla//xla/tsl/profiler:xla_internal",
     ]),
     deps = [
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/status",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/status:statusor",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings:string_view",
         "@xla//xla/tsl/platform:errors",
diff --git a/tsl/profiler/lib/profiler_lock.cc b/tsl/profiler/lib/profiler_lock.cc
index b226bd239..8dc04af74 100644
--- a/tsl/profiler/lib/profiler_lock.cc
+++ b/tsl/profiler/lib/profiler_lock.cc
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 #include <atomic>
 
+#include "absl/status/status.h"
 #include "absl/status/statusor.h"
 #include "xla/tsl/platform/errors.h"
 #include "xla/tsl/platform/macros.h"
@@ -49,13 +50,13 @@ static_assert(ATOMIC_INT_LOCK_FREE == 2, "Assumed atomic<int> was lock free");
     return disabled;
   }();
   if (TF_PREDICT_FALSE(tf_profiler_disabled)) {
-    return errors::AlreadyExists(
+    return absl::AlreadyExistsError(
         "TensorFlow Profiler is permanently disabled by env var "
         "TF_DISABLE_PROFILING.");
   }
   int already_active = g_session_active.exchange(1, std::memory_order_acq_rel);
   if (already_active) {
-    return errors::AlreadyExists(kProfilerLockContention);
+    return absl::AlreadyExistsError(kProfilerLockContention);
   }
   return ProfilerLock(/*active=*/true);
 }