diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilerContext-test.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilerContext-test.js
index 35bc06e5891..a65b65e5b7c 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilerContext-test.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/profilerContext-test.js
@@ -337,18 +337,10 @@ describe('ProfilerContext', () => {
     await utils.actAsync(() => context.selectFiber(parentID, 'Parent'));
     expect(selectedElementID).toBe(parentID);
 
-    // We expect a "no element found" warning.
-    // Let's hide it from the test console though.
-    spyOn(console, 'warn');
-
     // Select an unmounted element and verify no Components tab selection doesn't change.
     await utils.actAsync(() => context.selectFiber(childID, 'Child'));
     expect(selectedElementID).toBe(parentID);
 
-    expect(console.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-      `No element found with id "${childID}"`,
-    );
-
     done();
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js
index 0b3f03a7fb3..550ae111098 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/__tests__/utils.js
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ export function exportImportHelper(bridge: FrontendBridge, store: Store): void {
   expect(profilerStore.profilingData).not.toBeNull();
 
   const profilingDataFrontendInitial = ((profilerStore.profilingData: any): ProfilingDataFrontend);
+  expect(profilingDataFrontendInitial.imported).toBe(false);
 
   const profilingDataExport = prepareProfilingDataExport(
     profilingDataFrontendInitial,
@@ -197,15 +198,18 @@ export function exportImportHelper(bridge: FrontendBridge, store: Store): void {
   const profilingDataFrontend = prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromExport(
     (parsedProfilingDataExport: any),
   );
+  expect(profilingDataFrontend.imported).toBe(true);
 
   // Sanity check that profiling snapshots are serialized correctly.
-  expect(profilingDataFrontendInitial).toEqual(profilingDataFrontend);
+  expect(profilingDataFrontendInitial.dataForRoots).toEqual(
+    profilingDataFrontend.dataForRoots,
+  );
 
   // Snapshot the JSON-parsed object, rather than the raw string, because Jest formats the diff nicer.
   expect(parsedProfilingDataExport).toMatchSnapshot('imported data');
 
   act(() => {
-    // Apply the new exported-then-reimported data so tests can re-run assertions.
+    // Apply the new exported-then-imported data so tests can re-run assertions.
     profilerStore.profilingData = profilingDataFrontend;
   });
 }
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 1108a6bb64f..ac3b58f1879 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilerContext.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/ProfilerContext.js
@@ -138,12 +138,16 @@ function ProfilerContextController({children}: Props) {
       selectFiberName(name);
 
       // Sync selection to the Components tab for convenience.
-      if (id !== null) {
-        const element = store.getElementByID(id);
-
-        // Keep in mind that profiling data may be from a previous session.
-        // In that case, IDs may match up arbitrarily; to be safe, compare both ID and display name.
-        if (element !== null && element.displayName === name) {
+      // Keep in mind that profiling data may be from a previous session.
+      // If data has been imported, we should skip the selection sync.
+      if (
+        id !== null &&
+        profilingData !== null &&
+        profilingData.imported === false
+      ) {
+        // We should still check to see if this element is still in the store.
+        // It may have been removed during profiling.
+        if (store.containsElement(id)) {
           dispatch({
             type: 'SELECT_ELEMENT_BY_ID',
             payload: id,
@@ -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/types.js b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/types.js
index 4156aa592c4..ab63f093ed2 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/types.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/types.js
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ export type ProfilingDataForRootFrontend = {|
 export type ProfilingDataFrontend = {|
   // Profiling data per root.
   dataForRoots: Map<number, ProfilingDataForRootFrontend>,
+  imported: boolean,
 |};
 
 export type CommitDataExport = {|
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 c453fc166cf..9691af89a58 100644
--- a/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils.js
+++ b/packages/react-devtools-shared/src/devtools/views/Profiler/utils.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export function prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromBackendAndStore(
     );
   });
 
-  return {dataForRoots};
+  return {dataForRoots, imported: false};
 }
 
 // Converts a Profiling data export into the format required by the Store.
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export function prepareProfilingDataFrontendFromExport(
     },
   );
 
-  return {dataForRoots};
+  return {dataForRoots, imported: true};
 }
 
 // Converts a Store Profiling data into a format that can be safely (JSON) serialized for export.