diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ExtensionDiscovery.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ExtensionDiscovery.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ExtensionDiscovery.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Extension/ExtensionDiscovery.php
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 namespace Drupal\Core\Extension;
 
 use Drupal\Component\FileCache\FileCacheFactory;
-use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerNotInitializedException;
 use Drupal\Core\DrupalKernel;
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\Discovery\RecursiveExtensionFilterIterator;
 use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
@@ -123,11 +122,14 @@
 
     // ExtensionDiscovery can be used without a service container
     // (@drupalKernel::moduleData), so create a fallback profile handler if the
-    // container is not initialized yet.
-    try {
-      $this->profileHandler = $profile_handler ?: \Drupal::service('profile_handler');
+    // profile_handler service is unavailable.
+    if ($profile_handler) {
+      $this->profileHandler = $profile_handler;
     }
-    catch (ContainerNotInitializedException $e) {
+    elseif (\Drupal::hasService('profile_handler')) {
+      $this->profileHandler = \Drupal::service('profile_handler');
+    }
+    else {
       $this->profileHandler = new FallbackProfileHandler($root);
     }
   }