diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java
index 771086af83ac..e1b5e1db34a0 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcher.java
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ public MatchStatus matches(Properties properties) {
 		if (StringUtils.hasLength(negative)) {
 			properties = new Properties(properties);
 			properties.setProperty(SPRING_PROFILES, negative);
-			switch (activeProfilesMatcher.matches(properties)) {
-			case FOUND:
+			if (activeProfilesMatcher.matches(properties) == MatchStatus.FOUND) {
 				return MatchStatus.NOT_FOUND;
-			case NOT_FOUND:
+			}
+			if (StringUtils.isEmpty(positive)) {
 				return MatchStatus.FOUND;
 			}
 			properties.setProperty(SPRING_PROFILES, positive);
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcherTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcherTests.java
index b246b18957ed..41ea2aed0a05 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcherTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/yaml/SpringProfileDocumentMatcherTests.java
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ public void testInverseMatchMulti() throws IOException {
 	@Test
 	public void negatedAndNonNegated() throws IOException {
 		DocumentMatcher matcher = new SpringProfileDocumentMatcher("foo", "bar", "blah");
-		Properties properties = getProperties("spring.profiles: !baz,blah");
-		assertThat(matcher.matches(properties)).isEqualTo(MatchStatus.FOUND);
+		Properties expectFound = getProperties("spring.profiles: !baz,blah");
+		assertThat(matcher.matches(expectFound)).isEqualTo(MatchStatus.FOUND);
+		Properties expectNotFound = getProperties("spring.profiles: !baz,another");
+		assertThat(matcher.matches(expectNotFound)).isEqualTo(MatchStatus.NOT_FOUND);
 	}
 
 	@Test