diff -u b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate_drupal_ui/tests/src/Functional/d6/MigrateUpgrade6I18nTest.php
@@ -330,10 +330,12 @@
     $node = Node::load(10);
     $this->assertSame('13', $node->get('field_reference')->target_id);
     $this->assertSame('13', $node->get('field_reference_2')->target_id);
+    $this->assertFalse($node->hasTranslation('fr'));
 
-    $node = Node::load(12)->getTranslation('en');
-    $this->assertSame('10', $node->get('field_reference')->target_id);
-    $this->assertSame('10', $node->get('field_reference_2')->target_id);
+    $node = Node::load(12);
+    $this->assertFalse($node->hasTranslation('en'));
+    $this->assertNull($node->get('field_reference')->target_id);
+    $this->assertNull($node->get('field_reference_2')->target_id);
   }
 
   /**