diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.h b/target/riscv/cpu.h
index 229ade9ed9..2a6793e022 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.h
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.h
@@ -82,7 +82,22 @@ typedef struct riscv_cpu_profile {
     struct riscv_cpu_profile *s_parent;
     const char *name;
     uint32_t misa_ext;
+    /*
+     * The profile is enabled/disabled via command line or
+     * via cpu_init(). Enabling a profile will add all its
+     * mandatory extensions in the CPU during init().
+     */
     bool enabled;
+    /*
+     * The profile is present in the CPU, i.e. the current set of
+     * CPU extensions complies with it. A profile can be enabled
+     * and not present (e.g. the user disabled a mandatory extension)
+     * and the other way around (e.g. all mandatory extensions are
+     * present in a non-profile CPU).
+     *
+     * QMP uses this flag.
+     */
+    bool present;
     bool user_set;
     int priv_spec;
     int satp_mode;
diff --git a/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c b/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
index 8ba8aa0d5f..8a1856c50e 100644
--- a/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
+++ b/target/riscv/riscv-qmp-cmds.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void riscv_obj_add_profiles_qdict(Object *obj, QDict *qdict_out)
 
     for (int i = 0; riscv_profiles[i] != NULL; i++) {
         profile = riscv_profiles[i];
-        value = QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(profile->enabled));
+        value = QOBJECT(qbool_from_bool(profile->present));
 
         qdict_put_obj(qdict_out, profile->name, value);
     }
diff --git a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
index e10e03a577..c5e260e360 100644
--- a/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/tcg/tcg-cpu.c
@@ -867,16 +867,11 @@ static void riscv_cpu_check_parent_profile(RISCVCPU *cpu,
                                            RISCVCPUProfile *profile,
                                            RISCVCPUProfile *parent)
 {
-    const char *parent_name;
-    bool parent_enabled;
-
-    if (!profile->enabled || !parent) {
+    if (!profile->present || !parent) {
         return;
     }
 
-    parent_name = parent->name;
-    parent_enabled = object_property_get_bool(OBJECT(cpu), parent_name, NULL);
-    profile->enabled = parent_enabled;
+    profile->present = parent->present;
 }
 
 static void riscv_cpu_validate_profile(RISCVCPU *cpu,
@@ -937,7 +932,7 @@ static void riscv_cpu_validate_profile(RISCVCPU *cpu,
         }
     }
 
-    profile->enabled = profile_impl;
+    profile->present = profile_impl;
 
     riscv_cpu_check_parent_profile(cpu, profile, profile->u_parent);
     riscv_cpu_check_parent_profile(cpu, profile, profile->s_parent);