diff --git a/cmd/lncli/cmd_profile.go b/cmd/lncli/cmd_profile.go
index e1983171a..428daede8 100644
--- a/cmd/lncli/cmd_profile.go
+++ b/cmd/lncli/cmd_profile.go
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ func profileRemove(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("name argument missing")
 	}
 
+	if len(f.Profiles) == 0 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("there are no existing profiles")
+	}
+
 	// Create a copy of all profiles but don't include the one to delete.
 	newProfiles := make([]*profileEntry, 0, len(f.Profiles)-1)
 	for _, p := range f.Profiles {
diff --git a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
index 107c3d9ca..76fd5a73c 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/release-notes-0.16.0.md
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ minimum version needed to build the project.
 * [Fix](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6858) command line argument
   parsing for `lncli sendpayment`.
 
+* [Fix](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd/pull/6875) mapslice cap out of 
+  range error that occurs if the number of profiles is zero.
+
 ## Code Health
 
 * [test: use `T.TempDir` to create temporary test