diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
index b0bf1d0..a6768e8 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ protected function getDefaultLanguage() {
       }
       if (empty($this->language)) {
         // Make sure we return a proper language object.
-        $this->language = new Language(array('id' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED));
+        $this->language = new Language(array('id' => Language::LANGCODE_NOT_SPECIFIED, 'locked' => TRUE));
       }
     }
     return $this->language;