diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
index 4b67113..423281f 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
@@ -86,10 +86,13 @@ public function deleteAccess(EntityInterface $entity, $langcode = LANGUAGE_DEFAU
    *
    * @return bool|null
    *   TRUE if access was granted, FALSE if access was denied and NULL if access
-   *   could not be reliably determined.
+   *   could not be determined.
    */
   protected function access(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode = LANGUAGE_DEFAULT, User $account = NULL) {
-    $account = $account ?: user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+    // @todo Remove this once we can rely on $account.
+    if (!$account) {
+      $account = user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+    }
 
     // We grant access to the entity if both of these conditions are met:
     // - No modules say to deny access.
@@ -125,7 +128,10 @@ protected function access(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode = LANGU
    */
   protected function getCache(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode = LANGUAGE_DEFAULT, User $account = NULL) {
     // @todo Remove this once we can rely on $account.
-    $account = $account ?: user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+    if (!$account) {
+      $account = user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+    }
+
     $uid = $account ? $account->id() : 0;
     $uuid = $entity->uuid();
 
@@ -155,7 +161,10 @@ protected function getCache(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode = LAN
    */
   protected function setCache($access, EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode = LANGUAGE_DEFAULT, User $account = NULL) {
     // @todo Remove this once we can rely on $account.
-    $account = $account ?: user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+    if (!$account) {
+      $account = user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+    }
+
     $uid = $account ? $account->id() : 0;
     $uuid = $entity->uuid();
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php
index d27cc52..815c2ab 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityNG;
 
 /**
- * Form controller for the node edit forms.
+ * Defines the access controller for the node entity type.
  */
 class NodeAccessController extends EntityAccessController {
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public function viewAccess(EntityInterface $node, $langcode = LANGUAGE_DEFAULT,
 
     // If no modules implement hook_node_grants(), the default behavior is to
     // allow all users to view published nodes, so reflect that here.
-    $status = (bool) $node instanceof EntityNG ? $node->status : $node->get('status', $langcode)->value;
+    $status = $node instanceof EntityNG ? $node->getTranslation($langcode, FALSE)->status->value : $node->status;
     return $this->setCache($status, $node, 'view', $langcode, $account);
   }
 
@@ -52,18 +52,22 @@ protected function access(EntityInterface $node, $operation, $langcode = LANGUAG
     };
 
     // Fetch information from the node object if possible.
-    $node_status = isset($node->status) ? $node->status : NULL;
-    $node_uid = isset($node->uid) ? $node->uid : NULL;
+    $status = isset($node->status) ? $node->status : NULL;
+    $uid = isset($node->uid) ? $node->uid : NULL;
     // If it is a proper EntityNG object, use the proper methods.
     if ($node instanceof EntityNG) {
-      $node_status = $node->get('status', $langcode)->value;
-      $node_uid = $node->get('uid', $langcode)->value;
+      $status = $node->getTranslation($langcode, FALSE)->status->value;
+      $uid = $node->getTranslation($langcode, FALSE)->uid->value;
     }
 
     // Check if authors can view their own unpublished nodes.
-    if ($operation == 'view' && !$node_status && user_access('view own unpublished content', $account)) {
-      $account = $account ?: user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
-      if ($account->id() != 0 && $account->id() == $node_uid) {
+    if ($operation == 'view' && !$status && user_access('view own unpublished content', $account)) {
+      // @todo Remove this once we can rely on $account.
+      if (!$account) {
+        $account = user_load($GLOBALS['user']->uid);
+      }
+
+      if ($account->id() != 0 && $account->id() == $uid) {
         return TRUE;
       }
     }