diff --git a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
index 0e026e76e0..a0f5e5580c 100644
--- a/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-project/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/project/DefaultMavenProjectBuilder.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class DefaultMavenProjectBuilder
         {
             Profile profile = (Profile) it.next();
             
-            modelInheritanceAssembler.mergeProfileWithModel( cachedModel, profile );
+            modelInheritanceAssembler.mergeProfileWithModel( model, profile );
         }
 
         model = modelInterpolator.interpolate( model );