diff --git b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
index a8115f5..91c5514 100644
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
+++ a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function __construct($entity_type, ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public static function createInstance(ContainerInterface $container, $entity_type, array $entity_info) {
-    new static(
+    return new static(
       $entity_type,
       $container->get('module_handler')
     );
diff --git b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
index ac975d1..c6df9c1 100644
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
+++ a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
@@ -413,14 +413,12 @@ public function isEmpty() {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function access($operation = 'view', AccountInterface $account = NULL) {
+    $access_controller = \Drupal::entityManager()->getAccessController($this->entityType);
+
     if ($operation == 'create') {
-      return \Drupal::entityManager()
-        ->getAccessController($this->entityType)
-        ->createAccess($this->bundle(), $account);
+      return $access_controller->createAccess($this->bundle(), $account);
     }
-    return \Drupal::entityManager()
-      ->getAccessController($this->entityType)
-      ->access($this, $operation, $this->activeLangcode, $account);
+    return $access_controller->access($this, $operation, $this->activeLangcode, $account);
   }
 
   /**