diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessController.php
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function access(EntityInterface $entity, $operation, $langcode = Language::LANGUAGE_DEFAULT, AccountInterface $account = NULL) {
-    if (!$account) {
-      $account = $GLOBALS['user'];
-    }
+    $account = $this->prepareUser($account);
 
     if (($access = $this->getCache($entity, $operation, $langcode, $account)) !== NULL) {
       // Cache hit, no work necessary.
@@ -71,2 +69,9 @@
 
+  protected function prepareUser($account) {
+    if (!$account) {
+      $account = $GLOBALS['user'];
+    }
+    return $account;
+  }
+
   /**
diff -u b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php
--- b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/NodeAccessController.php
@@ -31,7 +31,18 @@
     return parent::access($entity, $operation, $langcode, $account);
   }
 
-  public function createAccess($type, $account = NULL) {
+  /**
+   * @param string $type
+   *   The node type to check access for.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface $account
+   *   (optional) The user session for which to check access, or NULL to check
+   *   access for the current user. Defaults to NULL.
+   * @param array $context
+   *   An array of key-value pairs to pass additional context when needed.
+   */
+  public function createAccess($type, AccountInterface $account = NULL, $context = array()) {
+    $account = $this->prepareUser($account);
+
     if (user_access('bypass node access', $account)) {
       return TRUE;
     }
@@ -39,7 +50,7 @@
       return FALSE;
     }
 
-    $access = module_invoke_all('node_create_access', $account);
+    $access = module_invoke_all('node_create_access', $account, $context);
 
     $configured_types = node_permissions_get_configured_types();
     if (isset($configured_types[$type])) {