EntityDependencyIterator.inc | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/EntityDependencyIterator.inc b/EntityDependencyIterator.inc
index 9ae6272..81d6dff 100644
--- a/EntityDependencyIterator.inc
+++ b/EntityDependencyIterator.inc
@@ -87,7 +87,32 @@ class EntityDependencyIterator implements RecursiveIterator {
    * @see entity_dependency_iterator().
    */
   public function __construct($entities, &$parent = NULL) {
-    $this->entities = $entities;
+    $this->entities = array();
+    foreach ($entities as $entity_arr) {
+      $entity_obj = entity_load($entity_arr['type'], array($entity_arr['id']));
+      if (empty($entity_obj)) {
+        if (isset($parent)) {
+          $error_msg = 'Failed to load %type ID %id, which is a dependency of %parent_type ID %parent_id.';
+          $error_vars = array(
+              '%type' => $entity_arr['type'],
+              '%id' => $entity_arr['id'],
+              '%parent_type' => $parent->current['type'],
+              '%parent_id' => $parent->current['id'],
+          );
+        }
+        else {
+          $error_msg = t('Failed to load requested %type ID %id.');
+          $error_vars = array(
+              '%type' => $entity_arr['type'],
+              '%id' => $entity_arr['id'],
+          );
+        }
+        watchdog('Entity Dependency', $error_msg, $error_vars, WATCHDOG_WARNING);
+      }
+      else {
+        $this->entities[] = $entity_arr;
+      }
+    }
 
     if (empty($parent)) {
       foreach ($this->entities as $key => $entity) {