diff --git a/pkg/networkdevice/profile/profiledefinition/validation.go b/pkg/networkdevice/profile/profiledefinition/validation.go
index 99f80769aa1f4..21e55dfb67329 100644
--- a/pkg/networkdevice/profile/profiledefinition/validation.go
+++ b/pkg/networkdevice/profile/profiledefinition/validation.go
@@ -47,6 +47,32 @@ const (
 	MetadataSymbol
 )
 
+// ValidateEnrichProfile validates a profile and normalizes it.
+func ValidateEnrichProfile(profile *ProfileDefinition) []string {
+	NormalizeMetrics(profile.Metrics)
+	// migrate legacy profile.Device.Vendor to metadata field.
+	if profile.Device.Vendor != "" {
+		dev, ok := profile.Metadata["device"]
+		if !ok {
+			profile.Metadata["device"] = MetadataResourceConfig{
+				Fields: make(map[string]MetadataField),
+			}
+			dev = profile.Metadata["device"]
+		}
+		_, ok = dev.Fields["vendor"]
+		if !ok {
+			dev.Fields["vendor"] = MetadataField{
+				Value: profile.Device.Vendor,
+			}
+		}
+		profile.Device.Vendor = ""
+	}
+	errors := ValidateEnrichMetadata(profile.Metadata)
+	errors = append(errors, ValidateEnrichMetrics(profile.Metrics)...)
+	errors = append(errors, ValidateEnrichMetricTags(profile.MetricTags)...)
+	return errors
+}
+
 // ValidateEnrichMetricTags validates and normalizes metric tags
 func ValidateEnrichMetricTags(metricTags []MetricTagConfig) []string {
 	var errors []string