diff -u b/core/modules/image/image.module b/core/modules/image/image.module
--- b/core/modules/image/image.module
+++ b/core/modules/image/image.module
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
  */
 
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
-use Drupal\field\Plugin\Core\Entity\Field;
 use Drupal\Core\Language\Language;
+use Drupal\field\Plugin\Core\Entity\Field;
 use Drupal\field\Plugin\Core\Entity\FieldInstance;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\BinaryFileResponse;
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@
   if ($entity instanceof FieldInstance) {
     $field = $entity->getField();
   }
-  if ($type instanceof Field) {
+  elseif ($entity instanceof Field) {
     $field = $entity;
   }
   if ($field && $field->type == 'image' && is_array($entity->settings['default_image'])) {