diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php
index c8ab57c4..7b901308 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Plugin/views/display/EntityReference.php
@@ -156,7 +156,15 @@ class EntityReference extends DisplayPluginBase {
     $id_table = $this->view->storage->get('base_table');
     $this->id_field_alias = $this->view->query->addField($id_table, $id_field);
 
-    $options = $this->getOption('entity_reference_options');
+    $options = $this->getOption('entity_reference_options') ?? [];
+    // @see Drupal\views\Plugin\EntityReferenceSelection\ViewsSelection::initializeView()
+    $default_options = [
+      'match' => NULL,
+      'match_operator' => 'CONTAINS',
+      'limit' => 0,
+      'ids' => NULL,
+    ];
+    $options += $default_options;
 
     // Restrict the autocomplete options based on what's been typed already.
     if (isset($options['match'])) {
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayEntityReferenceTest.php b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayEntityReferenceTest.php
index 9fcf2a7d..c2a1cc25 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayEntityReferenceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/src/Functional/Plugin/DisplayEntityReferenceTest.php
@@ -264,6 +264,12 @@ class DisplayEntityReferenceTest extends ViewTestBase {
     $view->setDisplay('entity_reference_1');
     $render = $view->display_handler->render();
     $this->assertSame([], $render, 'Render returned empty array');
+
+    // Execute the View without setting the 'entity_reference_options'.
+    $view->destroy();
+    $view = Views::getView('test_display_entity_reference');
+    $view->setDisplay('entity_reference_1');
+    $this->executeView($view);
   }
 
 }