diff --git a/bin/sh/profile b/bin/sh/profile
index afcbeaf4110b..ac6acced6596 100644
--- a/bin/sh/profile
+++ b/bin/sh/profile
@@ -1,34 +1,39 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 #
 # System-wide .profile file for sh(1).
 #
 # For the setting of languages and character sets please see
 # login.conf(5) and in particular the charset and lang options.
 # For full locales list check /usr/share/locale/*
 # You should also read the setlocale(3) man page for information
 # on how to achieve more precise control of locale settings.
 #
 # Check system messages
 # msgs -q
 # Allow terminal messages
 # mesg y
 
 # Load each file in /etc/profile.d/, then /usr/local/etc/profile, then
 # each file in /usr/local/etc/profile.d/.
 _loaded=${_loaded:-/etc/profile}
 export _loaded
 for _dir in /etc /usr/local/etc ; do
 	for _file in "${_dir}"/profile "${_dir}"/profile.d/* ; do
+		case ${_file} in
+		*[~#]|*.OLD|*.bak|*.orig|*,v)
+			continue
+			;;
+		esac
 		if [ -f "${_file}" ] ; then
 			case :${_loaded}: in
 			*:"${_file}":*)
 				;;
 			*)
 				_loaded="${_loaded:+${_loaded}:}${_file}"
 				. "${_file}"
 				;;
 			esac
 		fi
 	done
 done
 unset _loaded _dir _file