diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Normalizer/EntityNormalizer.php b/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Normalizer/EntityNormalizer.php
index f854887..8470a68 100644
--- a/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Normalizer/EntityNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/lib/Drupal/serialization/Normalizer/EntityNormalizer.php
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ class EntityNormalizer extends NormalizerBase implements DenormalizerInterface {
   protected $entityManager;
 
   /**
-   * Sets the entity manager.
+   * Constructs an EntityNormalizer object.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManager $entity_manager
    */
-  public function setEntityManager(EntityManager $entity_manager) {
+  public function __construct(EntityManager $entity_manager) {
     $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml b/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml
index 4e27ad1..df3f9da 100644
--- a/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ services:
     class: Drupal\serialization\Normalizer\EntityNormalizer
     tags:
       - { name: normalizer }
-    calls:
-      - [setEntityManager, ['@plugin.manager.entity']]
+    arguments: ['@plugin.manager.entity']
   serializer.normalizer.complex_data:
     class: Drupal\serialization\Normalizer\ComplexDataNormalizer
     tags: