diff --git a/metatag.module b/metatag.module
index 0774385..8f8d54a 100644
--- a/metatag.module
+++ b/metatag.module
@@ -1144,10 +1144,22 @@ function metatag_field_attach_form($entity_type, $entity, &$form, &$form_state,
 
   // Grab the meta tags for display in the form if there are any.
   if (isset($entity->metatags)) {
-
     // Determine the entity language as per http://drupal.org/node/1626346.
-    $entity_language = function_exists('entity_language') ?
-      entity_language($entity_type, $entity) : $entity->language;
+    if (function_exists('entity_language')) {
+      $entity_language = entity_language($entity_type, $entity);
+    }
+    // If nothing was loaded via entity_language, or this is an older version
+    // of D7, try some failover options.
+    if (empty($entity_language)) {
+      // The entity might have a 'language' value.
+      if (!empty($entity->language)) {
+        $entity_language = $entity->language;
+      }
+      // Final option, use the global language variable.
+      else {
+        $entity_language = $GLOBALS['language_content']->language;
+      }
+    }
 
     // Determine from where we should get the tags.
     if (!(isset($entity->metatags[$langcode]) || isset($entity->metatags[$entity_language]))) {