src/Controller/EntityResource.php | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Controller/EntityResource.php b/src/Controller/EntityResource.php
index 1e44b16..77e17fe 100644
--- a/src/Controller/EntityResource.php
+++ b/src/Controller/EntityResource.php
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@ use Drupal\jsonapi\ResourceResponse;
 use Drupal\jsonapi\ResourceType\ResourceType;
 use Drupal\jsonapi\ResourceType\ResourceTypeRepositoryInterface;
 use Drupal\jsonapi\Revisions\ResourceVersionRouteEnhancer;
-use Drupal\jsonapi\Serializer\Serializer;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\BadRequestHttpException;
 use Drupal\Core\Http\Exception\CacheableBadRequestHttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\ConflictHttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\InvalidArgumentException;
 use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface;
 
 /**
  * Process all entity requests.
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class EntityResource {
    * @param \Symfony\Component\Serializer\SerializerInterface|\Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface $serializer
    *   The JSON:API serializer.
    */
-  public function __construct(EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager, EntityFieldManagerInterface $field_manager, LinkManager $link_manager, ResourceTypeRepositoryInterface $resource_type_repository, RendererInterface $renderer, EntityRepositoryInterface $entity_repository, IncludeResolver $include_resolver, EntityAccessChecker $entity_access_checker, FieldResolver $field_resolver, Serializer $serializer) {
+  public function __construct(EntityTypeManagerInterface $entity_type_manager, EntityFieldManagerInterface $field_manager, LinkManager $link_manager, ResourceTypeRepositoryInterface $resource_type_repository, RendererInterface $renderer, EntityRepositoryInterface $entity_repository, IncludeResolver $include_resolver, EntityAccessChecker $entity_access_checker, FieldResolver $field_resolver, SerializerInterface $serializer) {
     $this->entityTypeManager = $entity_type_manager;
     $this->fieldManager = $field_manager;
     $this->linkManager = $link_manager;
@@ -274,8 +274,6 @@ class EntityResource {
    *   Thrown when the patched entity does not pass validation.
    */
   public function patchIndividual(ResourceType $resource_type, EntityInterface $entity, Request $request) {
-    $parsed_entity = $this->deserialize($resource_type, $request, JsonApiDocumentTopLevel::class);
-
     $body = Json::decode($request->getContent());
     $data = $body['data'];
     if ($data['id'] != $entity->uuid()) {
@@ -288,6 +286,8 @@ class EntityResource {
     $data += ['attributes' => [], 'relationships' => []];
     $field_names = array_merge(array_keys($data['attributes']), array_keys($data['relationships']));
 
+    $parsed_entity = $this->deserialize($resource_type, $request, JsonApiDocumentTopLevel::class);
+
     array_reduce($field_names, function (EntityInterface $destination, $field_name) use ($resource_type, $parsed_entity) {
       $this->updateEntityField($resource_type, $parsed_entity, $destination, $field_name);
       return $destination;