diff -u b/core/modules/shortcut/lib/Drupal/shortcut/ShortcutStorageController.php b/core/modules/shortcut/lib/Drupal/shortcut/ShortcutStorageController.php
--- b/core/modules/shortcut/lib/Drupal/shortcut/ShortcutStorageController.php
+++ b/core/modules/shortcut/lib/Drupal/shortcut/ShortcutStorageController.php
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@
     parent::attachLoad($queried_entities, $revision_id);
 
     foreach ($queried_entities as $id => $entity) {
+      // Ensure that the links property exists even if the menu has no links.
+      $entity->links = array();
       $links = menu_load_links('shortcut-' . $id);
       foreach ($links as $menu_link) {
         $entity->links[$menu_link->uuid()] = $menu_link;
       }
     }
-    // Ensure that links is an empty array.
-    if (!property_exists($entity, 'links')) {
-      $entity->links = array();
-    }
   }