diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareCombinationTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareCombinationTest.php
index 1ddad42..0459555 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareCombinationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareCombinationTest.php
@@ -227,6 +227,12 @@ function testNodeAccessLanguageAwareCombination() {
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['public_no_language_private'], $this->web_user, 'ca');
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['public_no_language_private'], $this->web_user, 'en');
 
+    // Access only for request with no language defined.
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access, $this->nodes['public_no_language_public'], $this->web_user);
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['public_no_language_public'], $this->web_user, 'hu');
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['public_no_language_public'], $this->web_user, 'ca');
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['public_no_language_public'], $this->web_user, 'en');
+
     // No access for all languages as both node access modules deny access.
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['private_no_language_private'], $this->web_user);
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['private_no_language_private'], $this->web_user, 'hu');
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareTest.php
index f137d12..9344ec5 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageAwareTest.php
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ function testNodeAccessLanguageAware() {
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['no_language_private'], $this->web_user, 'ca');
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['no_language_private'], $this->web_user, 'en');
 
+    // When no language is specified for a public node, access should be granted
+    // only for the existing language (not specified), so only the request with
+    // no language will give access, as this request will be made with the
+    // langcode of the node, which is "not specified".
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access, $this->nodes['no_language_public'], $this->web_user);
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['no_language_public'], $this->web_user, 'hu');
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['no_language_public'], $this->web_user, 'ca');
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $this->nodes['no_language_public'], $this->web_user, 'en');
+
     // Query the node table with the node access tag in several languages.
 
     // Query with no language specified. The fallback (hu) will be used.
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php
index d259fe0..71b2b8a 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php
@@ -87,6 +87,28 @@ function testNodeAccess() {
     // Tests that access is granted if requested with no language.
     $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user);
 
+    // Tests that access is not granted if requested with Hungarian language.
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user, 'hu');
+
+    // There is no specific Catalan version of this node and Croatian is not
+    // even set up on the system in this scenario, so the user will not get
+    // access to these nodes.
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user, 'ca');
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user, 'hr');
+
+    // Reset the node access cache and turn on our test node_access() code.
+    drupal_static_reset('node_access');
+    \Drupal::state()->set('node_access_test_secret_catalan', 1);
+
+    // Tests that access is granted if requested with no language.
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user);
+
+    // Tests that Hungarian is still not accessible.
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user, 'hu');
+
+    // Tests that Catalan is still not accessible.
+    $this->assertNodeAccess($expected_node_access_no_access, $node_public_no_language, $web_user, 'ca');
+
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index de06779..96b65e4 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1635,6 +1635,10 @@ function node_access($op, $node, $account = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {
 
   if ($langcode) {
     $node = $node->getTranslation($langcode);
+    // If the language could not be loaded, bail.
+    if ($node->language()->id !== $langcode) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
   }
   return $access_controller->access($node, $op, $account);
 }