diff -u b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Plugin/views/field/Permissions.php b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Plugin/views/field/Permissions.php
--- b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Plugin/views/field/Permissions.php
+++ b/core/modules/user/lib/Drupal/user/Plugin/views/field/Permissions.php
@@ -51,13 +51,15 @@
       $result = $query->execute();
       $rids = array();
       foreach ($result as $row) {
-        $rids[] = $row->rid;
+        $rids[$row->rid][] = $row->uid;
       }
       if ($rids) {
-        $roles = entity_load_multiple('user_role', $rids);
-        foreach ($result as $row) {
-          foreach ($roles[$row->rid]->permissions as $permission) {
-            $this->items[$row->uid][$permission]['permission'] = $permission_names[$permission]['title'];
+        $roles = entity_load_multiple('user_role', array_keys($rids));
+        foreach ($rids as $rid => $uids) {
+          foreach ($roles[$rid]->permissions as $permission) {
+            foreach ($uids as $uid) {
+              $this->items[$uid][$permission]['permission'] = $permission_names[$permission]['title'];
+            }
           }
         }
       }
diff -u b/core/modules/user/user.module b/core/modules/user/user.module
--- b/core/modules/user/user.module
+++ b/core/modules/user/user.module
@@ -422,10 +422,11 @@
  */
 function user_role_permissions(array $roles) {
   $role_permissions = array();
-  $role_entities = entity_load_multiple('user_role', array_keys($roles));
-  foreach ($role_entities as $rid => $role_entity) {
+  foreach ($roles as $rid => $name) {
     $role_permissions[$rid] = array();
-    foreach ($role_entity->permissions as $permission) {
+    // Can not use the entity system as this function is used during update.
+    $permissions = Drupal::config("user.role.$rid")->get('permissions') ?: array();
+    foreach ($permissions as $permission) {
       $role_permissions[$rid][$permission] = TRUE;
     }
   }