diff -u b/lib/Drupal/profile2/ProfileAccessController.php b/lib/Drupal/profile2/ProfileAccessController.php
--- b/lib/Drupal/profile2/ProfileAccessController.php
+++ b/lib/Drupal/profile2/ProfileAccessController.php
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@
       return TRUE;
     }
 
-    $pid = $profile->id();
+    // For existing profiles, check access for the particular profile ID. When
+    // creating a new profile, check access for the profile's bundle.
+    $pid = $profile->id() ?: $profile->bundle();
+
     $uid = $account->id();
     if (isset($this->accessCache[$uid][$operation][$pid][$langcode])) {
       return $this->accessCache[$uid][$operation][$pid][$langcode];