diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingUtils-test.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingUtils-test.js
index 08b840dfe3447..1cda2fed3777a 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingUtils-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilingUtils-test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('profiling utils', () => {
 
   it('should throw if importing older/unsupported data', () => {
     expect(() =>
-      utils.prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromImport(
+      utils.prepareProfilingDataFrontendForImport(
         ({
           version: 0,
           dataForRoots: [],
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js
index 78c73b06a695d..c685263fdbe35 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export function requireTestRenderer(): ReactTestRenderer {
 export function exportImportHelper(bridge: FrontendBridge, store: Store): void {
   const {
     prepareProfilingDataExport,
-    prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromImport,
+    prepareProfilingDataFrontendForImport,
   } = require('react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils');
 
   const {profilerStore} = store;
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ export function exportImportHelper(bridge: FrontendBridge, store: Store): void {
   );
   const parsedProfilingDataExport = JSON.parse(serializedProfilingDataExport);
 
-  const profilingDataFrontendImport = prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromImport(
+  const profilingDataFrontendImport = prepareProfilingDataFrontendForImport(
     (parsedProfilingDataExport: any),
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js
index d05b6feedea6c..3d98d0ff154e1 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/store.js
@@ -416,11 +416,6 @@ export default class Store extends EventEmitter<{|
   }
 
   getElementByID(id: number): Element | null {
-    if (
-      this._profilerStore._dataFrontend &&
-      this._profilerStore._dataFrontend.imported === true
-    )
-      return null;
     const element = this._idToElement.get(id);
     if (element == null) {
       console.warn(`No element found with id "${id}"`);
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilerContext.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilerContext.js
index 1108a6bb64ff0..6c07d0650771e 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilerContext.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilerContext.js
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ function ProfilerContextController({children}: Props) {
       selectFiberName(name);
 
       // Sync selection to the Components tab for convenience.
-      if (id !== null) {
+      if (
+        id !== null &&
+        profilingData !== null &&
+        profilingData.imported === false
+      ) {
         const element = store.getElementByID(id);
 
         // Keep in mind that profiling data may be from a previous session.
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ function ProfilerContextController({children}: Props) {
         }
       }
     },
-    [dispatch, selectFiberID, selectFiberName, store],
+    [dispatch, selectFiberID, selectFiberName, store, profilingData],
   );
 
   const setRootIDAndClearFiber = useCallback(
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilingImportExportButtons.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilingImportExportButtons.js
index 7b22e7561d924..ba4ba20fe57a5 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilingImportExportButtons.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilingImportExportButtons.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import ButtonIcon from '../ButtonIcon';
 import {StoreContext} from '../context';
 import {
   prepareProfilingDataExport,
-  prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromImport,
+  prepareProfilingDataFrontendForImport,
 } from './utils';
 import {downloadFile} from '../utils';
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default function ProfilingImportExportButtons() {
           const profilingDataImport = ((JSON.parse(
             raw,
           ): any): ProfilingDataExport);
-          profilerStore.profilingData = prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromImport(
+          profilerStore.profilingData = prepareProfilingDataFrontendForImport(
             profilingDataImport,
           );
         } catch (error) {
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils.js
index acac810ca134e..62fa315958065 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils.js
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export function prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromBackendAndStore(
 }
 
 // Converts a Profiling data export into the format required by the Store.
-export function prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromImport(
+export function prepareProfilingDataFrontendForImport(
   profilingDataImport: ProfilingDataExport,
 ): ProfilingDataFrontend {
   const {version} = profilingDataImport;