diff --git a/core/includes/entity.api.php b/core/includes/entity.api.php
index 332a66d..c4aafd1 100644
--- a/core/includes/entity.api.php
+++ b/core/includes/entity.api.php
@@ -413,25 +413,22 @@ function hook_entity_field_info_alter(&$info, $entity_type) {
 /**
  * Alters the default access behaviour for a given field.
  *
- * This hook is invoked from Field::access() to let modules alter access to
- * operations on fields.
+ * This hook is invoked from \Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\Type\Field::access() to
+ * let modules alter access to operations on fields. As soon as one hook
+ * implementation changes $access to FALSE the access() method will return FALSE
+ * and the remaining hook implementations will not be invoked.
  *
  * @param bool $access
  *   Access flag reference that can be altered. TRUE if the operation is
  *   allowed, and FALSE if the operation is denied.
- * @param array $context
- *   Context array on the performed operation with the following keys:
- *   - access: The original access flag from the default implementation
- *     (boolean).
- *   - operation: Either "view" or "edit" (string).
- *   - field: The entity field object (\Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\Type\Field).
- *   - account: The user account to check access for
- *     (Drupal\user\Plugin\Core\Entity\User).
+ * @param string $operation
+ *   The operation to be performed. Possible values: 'edit', 'view'.
+ * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\Field\Type\Field $field
+ *   The entity field object on which the operation is to be performed.
+ * @param \Drupal\user\Plugin\Core\Entity\User $account
+ *   The user account to check.
  */
-function hook_entity_field_access_alter(&$access, array $context) {
-  $field = $context['field'];
-  $operation = $context['operation'];
-  $account = $context['account'];
+function hook_entity_field_access_alter(&$access, $operation, $field, $account) {
   if ($field->getName() == 'field_of_interest' && $operation == 'edit') {
     $access = user_access('edit field of interest', $account);
   }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/Type/Field.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/Type/Field.php
index fcde772..8989d54 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/Type/Field.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Field/Type/Field.php
@@ -296,14 +296,17 @@ public function access($operation = 'view', User $account = NULL) {
     }
     // Grant access per default.
     $access = TRUE;
-    $context = array(
-      'access' => $access,
-      'operation' => $operation,
-      'field' => $this,
-      'account' => $account,
-    );
-    drupal_alter('entity_field_access', $access, $context);
-
+    // We do not use drupal_alter() here because it only allows two context
+    // parameters which would make the signature of the hook very ugly.
+    foreach (module_implements('entity_field_access_alter') as $module) {
+      $function = $module . '_entity_field_access_alter';
+      $function($access, $operation, $this, $account);
+      // If a hook implementation altered $access to FALSE we can return
+      // immediately.
+      if ($access === FALSE) {
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+    }
     return $access;
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php
index 0130440..623fb44 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/lib/Drupal/system/Tests/Entity/FieldAccessTest.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 class FieldAccessTest extends DrupalUnitTestBase {
 
   /**
-   * Modules to enable.
+   * Modules to load code from (no schema installation needed).
    *
    * @var array
    */
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
index 7f47da7..56daa96 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
@@ -257,8 +257,7 @@ function entity_test_entity_test_insert($entity) {
  *
  * @see \Drupal\system\Tests\Entity\FieldAccessTest::testFieldAccess()
  */
-function entity_test_entity_field_access_alter(&$access, $context) {
-  $field = $context['field'];
+function entity_test_entity_field_access_alter(&$access, $operation, $field, $account) {
   if ($field->getName() == 'field_test_text' && $field->value == 'no access value') {
     $access = FALSE;
   }