diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
index 70ac362..161a0f9 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityNG.php
@@ -389,7 +389,15 @@ public function updateOriginalValues() {
     foreach ($this->getPropertyDefinitions() as $name => $definition) {
       if (empty($definition['computed']) && !empty($this->fields[$name])) {
         foreach ($this->fields[$name] as $langcode => $field) {
-          $this->values[$name][$langcode] = $field->getValue();
+          // If the value is array we need to filter out potential harmfull
+          // values like array(0 => NULL) before sending to storage mechanisms
+          // so that we avoid potential exceptions / empty values stored in
+          // the database or other storage locations.
+          $value = $field->getValue();
+          if (is_array($value)) {
+            $value = array_filter($value);
+          }
+          $this->values[$name][$langcode] = $value;
         }
       }
     }
diff --git a/core/modules/entity_reference/lib/Drupal/entity_reference/Tests/EntityReferenceItemTest.php b/core/modules/entity_reference/lib/Drupal/entity_reference/Tests/EntityReferenceItemTest.php
index cc089fb..5319a1d 100644
--- a/core/modules/entity_reference/lib/Drupal/entity_reference/Tests/EntityReferenceItemTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/entity_reference/lib/Drupal/entity_reference/Tests/EntityReferenceItemTest.php
@@ -97,5 +97,11 @@ public function testEntityReferenceItem() {
     $entity->field_test_taxonomy->target_id = $term2->id();
     $this->assertEqual($entity->field_test_taxonomy->entity->id(), $term2->id());
     $this->assertEqual($entity->field_test_taxonomy->entity->name, $term2->name);
+
+    // Delete terms so we have nothing to reference and try again
+    $term->delete();
+    $term2->delete();
+    $entity = entity_create('entity_test', array('name' => $this->randomName()));
+    $entity->save();
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageItemTest.php b/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageItemTest.php
index 7f863cf..73cf876 100644
--- a/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageItemTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/image/lib/Drupal/image/Tests/ImageItemTest.php
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ public function testImageItem() {
     // Check that the image item can be set to the referenced file directly.
     $entity->image_test = $this->image;
     $this->assertEqual($entity->image_test->fid, $this->image->id());
+
+    // Delete the image and try to save the entity again.
+    $this->image->delete();
+    $entity = entity_create('entity_test', array('mame' => $this->randomName()));
+    $entity->save();
   }
 
 }