diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityStorageBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityStorageBase.php
index 9cdc86effde..dc3783e87e3 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityStorageBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityStorageBase.php
@@ -951,7 +951,12 @@ protected function invokeFieldMethod($method, ContentEntityInterface $entity) {
         // what is going to be deleted - the whole entity or a particular
         // translation.
         if ($translation->isDefaultTranslation()) {
-          $translation->setIsDefaultTranslation(FALSE);
+          if (method_exists($translation, 'setIsDefaultTranslation')) {
+            $translation->setIsDefaultTranslation(FALSE);
+          }
+          else {
+            @trigger_error('Not providing a setIsDefaultTranslation() method when implementing \Drupal\Core\TypedData\TranslatableInterface is deprecated in drupal:9.4.0 and is required from drupal:11.0.0. See https://www.drupal.org/node/3376146', E_USER_DEPRECATED);
+          }
         }
 
         $fields = $translation->getTranslatableFields();