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 c8bed9a..13e2c38 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->value, $term2->name->value);
+
+    // 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/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.module b/core/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.module
index 3283b26..ea4d35a 100644
--- a/core/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.module
+++ b/core/modules/field_sql_storage/field_sql_storage.module
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ function field_sql_storage_field_storage_write(EntityInterface $entity, $op, $fi
       $items = (array) $entity->{$field_name}[$langcode];
       $delta_count = 0;
       foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
+        if ($item === NULL) {
+          continue;
+        }
         // We now know we have someting to insert.
         $do_insert = TRUE;
         $record = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.module b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
index af1330e..b00240a 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.module
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -334,10 +334,13 @@ function forum_node_presave(EntityInterface $node) {
     $langcode = key($node->taxonomy_forums);
     if (!empty($node->taxonomy_forums[$langcode])) {
       $node->forum_tid = $node->taxonomy_forums[$langcode][0]['tid'];
-      $old_tid = db_query_range("SELECT f.tid FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON f.vid = n.vid WHERE n.nid = :nid ORDER BY f.vid DESC", 0, 1, array(':nid' => $node->nid))->fetchField();
-      if ($old_tid && isset($node->forum_tid) && ($node->forum_tid != $old_tid) && !empty($node->shadow)) {
-        // A shadow copy needs to be created. Retain new term and add old term.
-        $node->taxonomy_forums[$langcode][] = array('tid' => $old_tid);
+      // Only do a shadow copy check if this is not a new node.
+      if (!$node->isNew()) {
+        $old_tid = db_query_range("SELECT f.tid FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON f.vid = n.vid WHERE n.nid = :nid ORDER BY f.vid DESC", 0, 1, array(':nid' => $node->nid))->fetchField();
+        if ($old_tid && isset($node->forum_tid) && ($node->forum_tid != $old_tid) && !empty($node->shadow)) {
+          // A shadow copy needs to be created. Retain new term and add old term.
+          $node->taxonomy_forums[$langcode][] = array('tid' => $old_tid);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
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();
   }
 
 }