diff -u b/core/modules/field/field.module b/core/modules/field/field.module
--- b/core/modules/field/field.module
+++ b/core/modules/field/field.module
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@
  * required if there are any active fields of that type.
  */
 function field_system_info_alter(&$info, $file, $type) {
-  // It's not safe to call field_read_fields during maintenance mode.
+  // It is not safe to call field_read_fields() during maintenance mode.
   if ($type == 'module' && module_hook($file->name, 'field_info') && !defined('MAINTENANCE_MODE')) {
     $fields = field_read_fields(array('module' => $file->name), array('include_deleted' => TRUE));
     if ($fields) {
@@ -537,8 +537,8 @@
 
   // Get both deleted and non-deleted field definitions.
   $fields = array();
-  foreach (config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('field.field') as $uuid) {
-    $field = config($uuid)->get();
+  foreach (config_get_storage_names_with_prefix('field.field') as $name) {
+    $field = config($name)->get();
     $fields[$field['uuid']] = $field;
   }
   $deleted_fields = state()->get('field.field.deleted') ?: array();
@@ -575,8 +575,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  // Set fields which field type module or storage module is absent to
-  // 'inactive'.
+  // Set fields with missing field type or storage modules to inactive.
   foreach ($fields as $uuid => &$field) {
     if (!isset($modules[$field['module']]) && $field['active']) {
       $field['active'] = FALSE;
reverted:
--- b/core/modules/field/field.multilingual.inc
+++ a/core/modules/field/field.multilingual.inc
@@ -200,10 +200,7 @@
  *   TRUE if the field can be translated.
  */
 function field_is_translatable($entity_type, $field) {
+  return $field['translatable'] && field_has_translation_handler($entity_type);
-  // See http://drupal.org/node/1862758#comment-7035586
-  if (!empty($field)) {
-    return $field['translatable'] && field_has_translation_handler($entity_type);
-  }
 }
 
 /**