diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListener.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListener.java
index 6d45f157df..872f51fd73 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListener.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListener.java
@@ -358,8 +358,9 @@ public class ConfigFileApplicationListener implements EnvironmentPostProcessor,
 			// The default profile for these purposes is represented as null. We add it
 			// first so that it is processed first and has lowest priority.
 			this.profiles.add(null);
-			Set<Profile> activatedViaProperty = getProfilesFromProperty(ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY);
-			Set<Profile> includedViaProperty = getProfilesFromProperty(INCLUDE_PROFILES_PROPERTY);
+			Binder binder = Binder.get(this.environment);
+			Set<Profile> activatedViaProperty = getProfiles(binder, ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY);
+			Set<Profile> includedViaProperty = getProfiles(binder, INCLUDE_PROFILES_PROPERTY);
 			List<Profile> otherActiveProfiles = getOtherActiveProfiles(activatedViaProperty, includedViaProperty);
 			this.profiles.addAll(otherActiveProfiles);
 			// Any pre-existing active profiles set via property sources (e.g.
@@ -374,15 +375,6 @@ public class ConfigFileApplicationListener implements EnvironmentPostProcessor,
 			}
 		}
 
-		private Set<Profile> getProfilesFromProperty(String profilesProperty) {
-			if (!this.environment.containsProperty(profilesProperty)) {
-				return Collections.emptySet();
-			}
-			Binder binder = Binder.get(this.environment);
-			Set<Profile> profiles = getProfiles(binder, profilesProperty);
-			return new LinkedHashSet<>(profiles);
-		}
-
 		private List<Profile> getOtherActiveProfiles(Set<Profile> activatedViaProperty,
 				Set<Profile> includedViaProperty) {
 			return Arrays.stream(this.environment.getActiveProfiles()).map(Profile::new).filter(
@@ -595,8 +587,10 @@ public class ConfigFileApplicationListener implements EnvironmentPostProcessor,
 			return loaded.stream().map((propertySource) -> {
 				Binder binder = new Binder(ConfigurationPropertySources.from(propertySource),
 						this.placeholdersResolver);
-				return new Document(propertySource, binder.bind("spring.profiles", STRING_ARRAY).orElse(null),
-						getProfiles(binder, ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY), getProfiles(binder, INCLUDE_PROFILES_PROPERTY));
+				String[] profiles = binder.bind("spring.profiles", STRING_ARRAY).orElse(null);
+				Set<Profile> activeProfiles = getProfiles(binder, ACTIVE_PROFILES_PROPERTY);
+				Set<Profile> includeProfiles = getProfiles(binder, INCLUDE_PROFILES_PROPERTY);
+				return new Document(propertySource, profiles, activeProfiles, includeProfiles);
 			}).collect(Collectors.toList());
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListenerTests.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListenerTests.java
index 0816a41e0b..6a5da9e87c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListenerTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/context/config/ConfigFileApplicationListenerTests.java
@@ -471,6 +471,16 @@ class ConfigFileApplicationListenerTests {
 		validateProfilePreference(output, null, "other", "dev");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void profilesAddedToEnvironmentAndViaPropertyWithBracketNotation(CapturedOutput output) {
+		TestPropertySourceUtils.addInlinedPropertiesToEnvironment(this.environment, "spring.profiles.active[0]=dev",
+				"spring.profiles.active[1]=other");
+		this.initializer.postProcessEnvironment(this.environment, this.application);
+		assertThat(this.environment.getActiveProfiles()).contains("dev", "other");
+		assertThat(this.environment.getProperty("my.property")).isEqualTo("fromotherpropertiesfile");
+		validateProfilePreference(output, null, "dev", "other");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	void postProcessorsAreOrderedCorrectly() {
 		TestConfigFileApplicationListener testListener = new TestConfigFileApplicationListener();