diff --git a/core/modules/menu/menu.module b/core/modules/menu/menu.module
index 53dd17c..7eaccbe 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu/menu.module
+++ b/core/modules/menu/menu.module
@@ -608,7 +608,19 @@ function menu_node_submit(EntityInterface $node, $form, $form_state) {
 function menu_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   $menu_options = menu_get_menus();
   $type = $form_state['controller']->getEntity();
-  $node_type_config = \Drupal::config('menu.entity.node.' . $type->id());
+  if ($type->id()) {
+    $node_type_config = \Drupal::config('menu.entity.node.' . $type->id());
+    $config_values = array(
+      'available_menus' => $node_type_config->get('available_menus'),
+      'parent' => $node_type_config->get('parent'),
+    );
+  }
+  else {
+    $config_values = array(
+      'available_menus' => array('main'),
+      'parent' => 'main:0',
+    );
+  }
   $form['menu'] = array(
     '#type' => 'details',
     '#title' => t('Menu settings'),
@@ -621,7 +633,7 @@ function menu_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   $form['menu']['menu_options'] = array(
     '#type' => 'checkboxes',
     '#title' => t('Available menus'),
-    '#default_value' => $node_type_config->get('available_menus'),
+    '#default_value' => $config_values['available_menus'],
     '#options' => $menu_options,
     '#description' => t('The menus available to place links in for this content type.'),
   );
@@ -634,7 +646,7 @@ function menu_form_node_type_form_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   $form['menu']['menu_parent'] = array(
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Default parent item'),
-    '#default_value' => $node_type_config->get('parent'),
+    '#default_value' => $config_values['parent'],
     '#options' => $options,
     '#description' => t('Choose the menu item to be the default parent for a new link in the content authoring form.'),
     '#attributes' => array('class' => array('menu-title-select')),