src/Resource/EntityCollection.php | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/Resource/EntityCollection.php b/src/Resource/EntityCollection.php
index aca0fbd..26f0752 100644
--- a/src/Resource/EntityCollection.php
+++ b/src/Resource/EntityCollection.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Drupal\jsonapi\Resource;
 
 use Drupal\Component\Assertion\Inspector;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\jsonapi\Exception\EntityAccessDeniedHttpException;
 
 /**
  * Wrapper to normalize collections with multiple entities.
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class EntityCollection implements \IteratorAggregate, \Countable {
    *   The entities for the collection.
    */
   public function __construct(array $entities) {
-    assert(Inspector::assertAll(function ($entity) { return $entity === NULL || $entity instanceof EntityInterface; }, $entities));
+    assert(Inspector::assertAll(function ($entity) { return $entity === NULL || $entity instanceof EntityInterface || $entity instanceof EntityAccessDeniedHttpException; }, $entities));
     $this->entities = $entities;
   }