diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/profile_resolver.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/profile_resolver.go
index c90d99e658662..19f758c8758d2 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/profile_resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/profile_resolver.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package profile
 import (
 	"expvar"
 	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log"
@@ -108,28 +109,32 @@ func mergeProfileDefinition(targetDefinition *profiledefinition.ProfileDefinitio
 	targetDefinition.Metrics = append(targetDefinition.Metrics, baseDefinition.Metrics...)
 	targetDefinition.MetricTags = append(targetDefinition.MetricTags, baseDefinition.MetricTags...)
 	targetDefinition.StaticTags = append(targetDefinition.StaticTags, baseDefinition.StaticTags...)
-	if targetDefinition.Metadata == nil {
-		targetDefinition.Metadata = make(profiledefinition.MetadataConfig)
-	}
-	for baseResName, baseResource := range baseDefinition.Metadata {
-		if _, ok := targetDefinition.Metadata[baseResName]; !ok {
-			targetDefinition.Metadata[baseResName] = profiledefinition.NewMetadataResourceConfig()
+	// we only have two types of resources: Device and Interface
+	// merge Device Metadata Fields
+	baseProfileDeviceMetadataFields := reflect.ValueOf(baseDefinition.Metadata.Device.Fields).Elem()
+	targetProfileDeviceMetadataFields := reflect.ValueOf(targetDefinition.Metadata.Device.Fields).Elem()
+	for i := 0; i < targetProfileDeviceMetadataFields.NumField(); i++ {
+		targetField := targetProfileDeviceMetadataFields.Field(i)
+		baseField := baseProfileDeviceMetadataFields.Field(i)
+
+		if isEmpty(targetField) {
+			targetField.Set(baseField)
 		}
-		if resource, ok := targetDefinition.Metadata[baseResName]; ok {
-			for _, tagConfig := range baseResource.IDTags {
-				resource.IDTags = append(targetDefinition.Metadata[baseResName].IDTags, tagConfig)
-			}
-
-			if resource.Fields == nil {
-				resource.Fields = make(map[string]profiledefinition.MetadataField, len(baseResource.Fields))
-			}
-			for field, symbol := range baseResource.Fields {
-				if _, ok := resource.Fields[field]; !ok {
-					resource.Fields[field] = symbol
-				}
-			}
-
-			targetDefinition.Metadata[baseResName] = resource
+	}
+	m
+	// merge Interface Metadata Fields
+	baseProfileInterfaceMetadataFields := reflect.ValueOf(baseDefinition.Metadata.Interface.Fields).Elem()
+	targetProfileInterfaceMetadataFields := reflect.ValueOf(targetDefinition.Metadata.Interface.Fields).Elem()
+	for i := 0; i < targetProfileInterfaceMetadataFields.NumField(); i++ {
+		targetField := targetProfileInterfaceMetadataFields.Field(i)
+		baseField := baseProfileInterfaceMetadataFields.Field(i)
+
+		if isEmpty(targetField) {
+			targetField.Set(baseField)
 		}
 	}
+	// merge Interface Metadata IDTags
+	for _, tagConfig := range baseDefinition.Metadata.Interface.IDTags {
+		targetDefinition.Metadata.Interface.IDTags = append(targetDefinition.Metadata.Interface.IDTags, tagConfig)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/utils.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/utils.go
index 0ac5e1d8508d8..303e5ff1ca833 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/snmp/internal/profile/utils.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package profile
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/mohae/deepcopy"
 )
@@ -29,3 +30,35 @@ func pathExists(path string) bool {
 	_, err := os.Stat(path)
 	return !os.IsNotExist(err)
 }
+
+// isStructEmpty returns true if the given struct is empty
+func isStructEmpty(s interface{}) bool {
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(s)
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		v = v.Elem()
+	}
+	if v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+		return false
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < v.NumField(); i++ {
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(v.Field(i).Interface(), reflect.Zero(v.Field(i).Type()).Interface()) {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
+// isEmpty returns true if the given field is empty
+func isEmpty(field reflect.Value) bool {
+	switch field.Kind() {
+	case reflect.String:
+		return field.String() == ""
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+		return field.Int() == 0
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		return !field.Bool()
+	// Add other types as needed
+	default:
+		return false
+	}
+}