diff --git a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/conformance/profile/ProfilePathProcessor.java b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/conformance/profile/ProfilePathProcessor.java
index 245d74bd8..b1beffb67 100644
--- a/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/conformance/profile/ProfilePathProcessor.java
+++ b/org.hl7.fhir.r5/src/main/java/org/hl7/fhir/r5/conformance/profile/ProfilePathProcessor.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.hl7.fhir.r5.model.ElementDefinition.ElementDefinitionSlicingComponent
 import org.hl7.fhir.r5.model.ElementDefinition.SlicingRules;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r5.model.OperationOutcome.IssueType;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r5.model.StructureDefinition;
+import org.hl7.fhir.r5.model.StructureDefinition.StructureDefinitionKind;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r5.model.StructureDefinition.StructureDefinitionSnapshotComponent;
 import org.hl7.fhir.r5.utils.ToolingExtensions;
 import org.hl7.fhir.utilities.Utilities;
@@ -621,7 +622,12 @@ public class ProfilePathProcessor {
           if (firstTypeStructureDefinition.getSnapshot().getElement().isEmpty()) {
             throw new FHIRException(profileUtilities.getContext().formatMessage(I18nConstants.SNAPSHOT_IS_EMPTY, firstTypeStructureDefinition.getVersionedUrl(), "Source for first element"));
           } else {
-            src = firstTypeStructureDefinition.getSnapshot().getElement().get(0);
+            src = firstTypeStructureDefinition.getSnapshot().getElement().get(0).copy();
+            if (!src.getPath().contains(".") && firstTypeStructureDefinition.getKind() == StructureDefinitionKind.RESOURCE) {
+              // we can't migrate the constraints in this case, because the sense of %resource changes when the root resource
+              // is treated as an element. The validator will enforce the constraint
+              src.getConstraint().clear(); // 
+            }
           }
         }
         template = src.copy().setPath(currentBase.getPath());