diff -u b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php
--- b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Formatter/FormatterBase.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
       $info = array(
         '#theme' => 'field',
         '#title' => $this->field_definition['label'],
-        '#access' => field_access('view', $this->field_definition, $entity->entityType(), $entity),
+        '#access' => $this->checkFieldAccess('view', $entity),
         '#label_display' => $this->label,
         '#view_mode' => $this->viewMode,
         '#language' => $langcode,
@@ -121,2 +121,16 @@
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the currently logged in user has access to the field.
+   *
+   * @todo Remove this once Field API access is unified with entity field
+   *   access: http://drupal.org/node/1994140.
+   */
+  protected function checkFieldAccess($op, $entity) {
+    if ($field = field_info_field($this->field_definition['field_name'])) {
+      return field_access($op, $field, $entity->entityType(), $entity);
+    }
+    else {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff -u b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Widget/WidgetBase.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Widget/WidgetBase.php
--- b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Widget/WidgetBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Plugin/Type/Widget/WidgetBase.php
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
       // when $langcode is unknown.
       '#language' => $langcode,
       $langcode => $elements,
-      '#access' => field_access('edit', $this->field_definition, $entity->entityType(), $entity),
+      '#access' => $this->checkFieldAccess('edit', $entity),
     );
 
     return $addition;
@@ -422,2 +422,17 @@
 
+  /**
+   * Returns whether the currently logged in user has access to the field.
+   *
+   * @todo Remove this once Field API access is unified with entity field
+   *   access: http://drupal.org/node/1994140.
+   */
+  protected function checkFieldAccess($op, $entity) {
+    if ($field = field_info_field($this->field_definition['field_name'])) {
+      return field_access($op, $field, $entity->entityType(), $entity);
+    }
+    else {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+  }
+
 }