diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorage.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorage.php
index 9103ab8c07..5241ff3a19 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorage.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorage.php
@@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ public function __construct(StorageInterface $config_storage, $directory = self:
     $this->configStorage = $config_storage;
     $this->includeProfile = $include_profile;
     if (is_null($profile)) {
-      @trigger_error('Install profile will be a mandatory parameter in Drupal 9.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+      $profile = \Drupal::installProfile();
+      if (!is_null($profile)) {
+        // Only trigger deprecation if \Drupal::installProfile() is not also
+        // NULL.
+        @trigger_error('Install profile will be a mandatory parameter in Drupal 9.0.', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+      }
     }
-    $this->installProfile = $profile ?: \Drupal::installProfile();
+    $this->installProfile = $profile;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorageTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorageTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..65762f91b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Config/ExtensionInstallStorageTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Config;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\ExtensionInstallStorage;
+use Drupal\Core\Config\StorageInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+use Drupal\Tests\Traits\ExpectDeprecationTrait;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the Config.
+ *
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Core\Config\ExtensionInstallStorage
+ *
+ * @group Config
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Config\Config
+ */
+class ExtensionInstallStorageTest extends UnitTestCase {
+  use ExpectDeprecationTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * @covers ::__construct
+   * @group legacy
+   * @dataProvider providerTestProfileDeprecation
+   */
+  public function testProfileDeprecation($profile, $container_profile, $deprecation = FALSE) {
+    if ($deprecation) {
+      $this->expectedDeprecations(['Install profile will be a mandatory parameter in Drupal 9.0.']);
+    }
+    $config_storage = $this->prophesize(StorageInterface::class)->reveal();
+    $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+    $container->setParameter('install_profile', $container_profile);
+    \Drupal::setContainer($container);
+    new ExtensionInstallStorage($config_storage, ExtensionInstallStorage::CONFIG_INSTALL_DIRECTORY, ExtensionInstallStorage::DEFAULT_COLLECTION, TRUE, $profile);
+    $this->addToAssertionCount(1);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Data provider for ::testProfileDeprecation
+   */
+  public function providerTestProfileDeprecation() {
+    return [
+      'both null' => [NULL, NULL],
+      'constructor null' => [NULL, 'test', TRUE],
+      'constructor null' => ['test', 'test'],
+    ];
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Listeners/DeprecationListenerTrait.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Listeners/DeprecationListenerTrait.php
index f506af69ce..5e26be20cb 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Listeners/DeprecationListenerTrait.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Listeners/DeprecationListenerTrait.php
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ private function willBeIsolated($test) {
    */
   public static function getSkippedDeprecations() {
     return [
-      'Install profile will be a mandatory parameter in Drupal 9.0.',
       'MigrateCckField is deprecated in Drupal 8.3.x and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use \Drupal\migrate_drupal\Annotation\MigrateField instead.',
       'MigrateCckFieldPluginManager is deprecated in Drupal 8.3.x and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use \Drupal\migrate_drupal\Annotation\MigrateFieldPluginManager instead.',
       'MigrateCckFieldPluginManagerInterface is deprecated in Drupal 8.3.x and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.x. Use \Drupal\migrate_drupal\Annotation\MigrateFieldPluginManagerInterface instead.',