diff --git a/search_api.module b/search_api.module
index 2cf1cece..ccbd9990 100644
--- a/search_api.module
+++ b/search_api.module
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Drupal\comment\Entity\Comment;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigImporter;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityType;
 use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Url;
@@ -762,7 +763,8 @@ function search_api_entity_extra_field_info() {
  * Implements hook_entity_view().
  */
 function search_api_entity_view(array &$build, EntityInterface $entity, EntityViewDisplayInterface $display, $view_mode) {
-  if ($display->getComponent('search_api_excerpt') && isset($build['#search_api_excerpt'])) {
+  $excerpt_component = $display->getComponent('search_api_excerpt');
+  if ($excerpt_component !== NULL && isset($build['#search_api_excerpt'])) {
     $build['search_api_excerpt'] = [
       '#type' => 'markup',
       '#markup' => $build['#search_api_excerpt'],