diff -u b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
--- b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@
   protected function getModerationState() {
     $entity = $this->getEntity();
 
+    if (!\Drupal::service('content_moderation.moderation_information')->shouldModerateEntitiesOfBundle($entity->getEntityType(), $entity->bundle())) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+
     if ($entity->id() && $entity->getRevisionId()) {
       $revisions = \Drupal::service('entity.query')->get('content_moderation_state')
         ->condition('content_entity_type_id', $entity->getEntityTypeId())
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@
     // @see \Drupal\node\NodeTypeForm::form()
     $bundle_entity = \Drupal::service('content_moderation.moderation_information')
       ->loadBundleEntity($entity->getEntityType()->getBundleEntityType(), $entity->bundle());
-    if ($bundle_entity && $bundle_entity->getThirdPartySetting('content_moderation', 'enabled') && ($default = $bundle_entity->getThirdPartySetting('content_moderation', 'default_moderation_state'))) {
+    if ($bundle_entity && ($default = $bundle_entity->getThirdPartySetting('content_moderation', 'default_moderation_state'))) {
       return ModerationState::load($default);
     }
   }