diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php b/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php
index 6b6f280..0844891 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php
@@ -190,7 +190,17 @@ public function alterQuery($query, array $tables, $op, AccountInterface $account
         // Now handle entities.
         $subquery->where("$nalias.$field = na.nid");
 
-        $query->exists($subquery);
+        // If it's a left join to entity table and entity does not exist (i.e.
+        // entity_id is null) then skip access check.
+        if ($tableinfo['join type'] == 'LEFT' || $tableinfo['join type'] == 'LEFT OUTER') {
+          $subquery_cond = db_or();
+          $subquery_cond->exists($subquery);
+          $subquery_cond->isNull("$nalias.$field");
+          $query->condition($subquery_cond);
+        }
+        else {
+          $query->exists($subquery);
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeAccessJoinTest.php b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeAccessJoinTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d1786f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/Tests/NodeAccessJoinTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\node\Tests\NodeAccessJoinTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\node\Tests;
+
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldStorageConfig;
+use Drupal\field\Entity\FieldConfig;
+use Drupal\node\Entity\NodeType;
+use Drupal\views\Tests\ViewTestData;
+
+/**
+ * Tests Node Access on join.
+ *
+ * @group views
+ */
+class NodeAccessJoinTest extends NodeTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * The installation profile to use with this test.
+   *
+   * @var string
+   */
+  protected $profile = 'standard';
+
+  /**
+   * The user that will create the articles.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $ownerUser;
+
+  /**
+   * A user with just access content permissions.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $regularUser;
+
+  /**
+   * A user with access to private articles.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\user\UserInterface
+   */
+  protected $accessUser;
+
+  /**
+   * Articles.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $articles;
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['node_access_test', 'views', 'node_test_views'];
+
+  /**
+   * Views used by this test.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $testViews = array('test_node_access_join');
+
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    node_access_test_add_field(NodeType::load('article'));
+
+    $field_storage = FieldStorageConfig::create(array(
+      'field_name' => 'related_article',
+      'entity_type' => 'node',
+      'translatable' => FALSE,
+      'entity_types' => array(),
+      'settings' => array(
+        'target_type' => 'node',
+      ),
+      'type' => 'entity_reference',
+    ));
+    $field_storage->save();
+    $field = FieldConfig::create(array(
+      'field_name' => 'related_article',
+      'entity_type' => 'node',
+      'bundle' => 'page',
+      'label' => 'Related Article',
+      'settings' => array(
+        'handler' => 'default',
+        'handler_settings' => array(
+          // Reference a single vocabulary.
+          'target_bundles' => array(
+            'article',
+          ),
+        ),
+      ),
+    ));
+    $field->save();
+
+    entity_get_display('node', 'page', 'default')
+      ->setComponent('related_article')
+      ->save();
+    entity_get_form_display('node', 'page', 'default')
+      ->setComponent('related_article', array(
+        'type' => 'entity_reference_autocomplete',
+      ))
+      ->save();
+
+    node_access_rebuild();
+    \Drupal::state()->set('node_access_test.private', TRUE);
+  }
+
+  function testNodeAccessJoin() {
+
+    // User to add articles and test owner access.
+    $this->ownerUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(['access content', 'create article content']);
+
+    foreach (array(0 => 'Public', 1 => 'Private') as $is_private => $type) {
+      $edit = array(
+        'title' => t('@private_public Article', array('@private_public' => $type)),
+        'type' => 'article',
+        'uid' => $this->ownerUser->id(),
+      );
+      if ($is_private) {
+        $edit['private'][0]['value'] = TRUE;
+      }
+      else {
+        $edit['private'][0]['value'] = FALSE;
+      }
+
+      $node = $this->drupalCreateNode($edit);
+      $this->assertEqual($is_private, (int)$node->private->value, 'The private status of the node was properly set in the node_access_test table.' . $node->uid->target_id);
+      $this->articles[$is_private] = $node->id();
+    }
+
+    $edit = array(
+      'type' => 'page',
+      'title' => 'Page with no article',
+    );
+    $node = $this->drupalCreateNode($edit);
+    foreach (array(0 => 'Public', 1 => 'Private') as $is_private => $type) {
+      $edit['title'] = t('Page with @private_public article', array('@private_public' => strtolower($type)));
+      $edit['related_article'][0]['target_id'] = $this->articles[$is_private];
+
+      $node = $this->drupalCreateNode($edit);
+      $this->assertEqual((int)$this->articles[$is_private], (int)$node->related_article->target_id, 'Proper article attached to page.');
+    }
+
+    ViewTestData::createTestViews(get_class($this), array('node_test_views'));
+
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->ownerUser);
+    $this->drupalGet('test-node-access-join');
+    $this->assertText('Page with no article', 'Node with null reference visible');
+    $this->assertText('Page with private article', "Node with owner's private reference visible");
+    $this->assertText('Page with public article', 'Node with public reference visible');
+
+    // User to check if entry with private reference is hidden.
+    $this->regularUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(['access content']);
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->regularUser);
+    $this->drupalGet('test-node-access-join');
+    $this->assertText('Page with no article', 'Node with null reference visible');
+    $this->assertNoText('Page with private article', "Node with private reference hidden");
+    $this->assertText('Page with public article', 'Node with public reference visible');
+
+    // User to check if entry with private reference is visible.
+    $this->accessUser = $this->drupalCreateUser(['access content', 'node test view']);
+    $this->drupalLogin($this->accessUser);
+    $this->drupalGet('test-node-access-join');
+    $this->assertText('Page with no article', 'Node with null reference visible');
+    $this->assertText('Page with private article', "Node with private reference visible");
+    $this->assertText('Page with public article', 'Node with public reference visible');
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_access_test/node_access_test.module b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_access_test/node_access_test.module
index e195ea8..1338eac 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_access_test/node_access_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_access_test/node_access_test.module
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function node_access_test_node_grants($account, $op) {
 function node_access_test_node_access_records(NodeInterface $node) {
   $grants = array();
   // For NodeAccessBaseTableTestCase, only set records for private nodes.
-  if (!\Drupal::state()->get('node_access_test.private') || $node->private->value) {
+  if (!\Drupal::state()->get('node_access_test.private') || (isset($node->private) && $node->private->value)) {
     // Groups 8888 and 8889 for the node_access_test realm both receive a view
     // grant for all controlled nodes. See node_access_test_node_grants().
     $grants[] = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_node_access_join.yml b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_node_access_join.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3027a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_views/test_views/views.view.test_node_access_join.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,264 @@
+langcode: en
+status: true
+dependencies:
+  config:
+    - node.type.page
+  module:
+    - node
+    - user
+id: test_node_access_join
+label: 'Test Node Access Join'
+module: views
+description: ''
+tag: ''
+base_table: node_field_data
+base_field: nid
+core: 8.x
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: 0
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+        options:
+          perm: 'access content'
+      cache:
+        type: tag
+        options: {  }
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+        options:
+          disable_sql_rewrite: false
+          distinct: false
+          replica: false
+          query_comment: ''
+          query_tags: {  }
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+        options:
+          submit_button: Apply
+          reset_button: false
+          reset_button_label: Reset
+          exposed_sorts_label: 'Sort by'
+          expose_sort_order: true
+          sort_asc_label: Asc
+          sort_desc_label: Desc
+      pager:
+        type: full
+        options:
+          items_per_page: 10
+          offset: 0
+          id: 0
+          total_pages: null
+          expose:
+            items_per_page: false
+            items_per_page_label: 'Items per page'
+            items_per_page_options: '5, 10, 25, 50'
+            items_per_page_options_all: false
+            items_per_page_options_all_label: '- All -'
+            offset: false
+            offset_label: Offset
+          tags:
+            previous: '‹ Previous'
+            next: 'Next ›'
+            first: '« First'
+            last: 'Last »'
+          quantity: 9
+      style:
+        type: table
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: title
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            make_link: false
+            absolute: false
+            trim: false
+            word_boundary: false
+            ellipsis: false
+            strip_tags: false
+            html: false
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: true
+          plugin_id: field
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: Title
+          exclude: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: ''
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: string
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+        title_1:
+          id: title_1
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          relationship: related_article
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: Article
+          exclude: false
+          alter:
+            alter_text: false
+            text: ''
+            make_link: false
+            path: ''
+            absolute: false
+            external: false
+            replace_spaces: false
+            path_case: none
+            trim_whitespace: false
+            alt: ''
+            rel: ''
+            link_class: ''
+            prefix: ''
+            suffix: ''
+            target: ''
+            nl2br: false
+            max_length: 0
+            word_boundary: true
+            ellipsis: true
+            more_link: false
+            more_link_text: ''
+            more_link_path: ''
+            strip_tags: false
+            trim: false
+            preserve_tags: ''
+            html: false
+          element_type: ''
+          element_class: ''
+          element_label_type: ''
+          element_label_class: ''
+          element_label_colon: true
+          element_wrapper_type: ''
+          element_wrapper_class: ''
+          element_default_classes: true
+          empty: 'No article referenced'
+          hide_empty: false
+          empty_zero: false
+          hide_alter_empty: true
+          click_sort_column: value
+          type: string
+          settings:
+            link_to_entity: false
+          group_column: value
+          group_columns: {  }
+          group_rows: true
+          delta_limit: 0
+          delta_offset: 0
+          delta_reversed: false
+          delta_first_last: false
+          multi_type: separator
+          separator: ', '
+          field_api_classes: false
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: title
+          plugin_id: field
+      filters:
+        status:
+          value: true
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: status
+          plugin_id: boolean
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: status
+          id: status
+          expose:
+            operator: ''
+          group: 1
+        type:
+          id: type
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: type
+          value:
+            page: page
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: type
+          plugin_id: bundle
+      sorts:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node_field_data
+          field: title
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          order: ASC
+          exposed: false
+          expose:
+            label: ''
+          entity_type: node
+          entity_field: title
+          plugin_id: standard
+      title: 'Test Node Access Join'
+      header: {  }
+      footer: {  }
+      empty: {  }
+      relationships:
+        related_article:
+          id: related_article
+          table: node__related_article
+          field: related_article
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: 'related_article: Content'
+          required: false
+          plugin_id: standard
+      arguments: {  }
+      display_extenders: {  }
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: 0
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }
+  page_1:
+    display_plugin: page
+    id: page_1
+    display_title: Page
+    position: 1
+    display_options:
+      display_extenders: {  }
+      path: test-node-access-join
+    cache_metadata:
+      max-age: 0
+      contexts:
+        - 'languages:language_content'
+        - 'languages:language_interface'
+        - url.query_args
+        - 'user.node_grants:view'
+        - user.permissions
+      tags: {  }