diff -u b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileOnTranslatedEntityTest.php b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileOnTranslatedEntityTest.php
--- b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileOnTranslatedEntityTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/file/src/Tests/FileOnTranslatedEntityTest.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser($permissions);
     $this->drupalLogin($admin_user);
 
-    // Add a second and third language.
+    // Add a second, third and fourth language.
     $edit = array();
     $edit['predefined_langcode'] = 'fr';
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/regional/language/add', $edit, t('Add language'));
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
     $edit['predefined_langcode'] = 'nl';
     $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/regional/language/add', $edit, t('Add language'));
 
+    $edit = array();
+    $edit['predefined_langcode'] = 'it';
+    $this->drupalPostForm('admin/config/regional/language/add', $edit, t('Add language'));
+
     // Enable translation for "Basic page" nodes.
     $edit = array(
       'entity_types[node]' => 1,
@@ -150,6 +154,35 @@
     $file = File::load($third_fid);
     $this->assertTrue($file->isPermanent());
 
+    // Languages are cached on many levels, and we need to clear those caches.
+    $this->rebuildContainer();
+
+    // Translate the node into Italian: remove the existing file.
+    $this->drupalPostForm('node/' . $default_language_node->id() . '/translations/add/en/it', array(), t('Remove'));
+
+    // Upload a different file.
+    $edit = array();
+    $edit['title[0][value]'] = 'David Bowie';
+    $name = 'files[' . $this->fieldName . '_0]';
+    $edit[$name] = drupal_realpath($this->drupalGetTestFiles('text')[3]->uri);
+    $this->drupalPostForm(NULL, $edit, t('Save (this translation)'));
+    $fourth_fid = $this->getLastFileId();
+
+    // Ensure the first file still exists. Calling isPermanent() would crash
+    // the test suite.
+    $file = File::load($first_fid);
+    $this->assertTrue(!empty($file) && $file->isPermanent(), 'First file still exists and is permanent.');
+    // This inspects the HTML after the post of the translation, the file
+    // should be displayed on the original node.
+    $this->assertRaw('file--mime-text-plain');
+
+    // Ensure the file status of the third file is permanent.
+    $file = File::load($third_fid);
+    $this->assertTrue($file->isPermanent());
+
+    // Ensure the file status of the fourth file is permanent.
+    $file = File::load($fourth_fid);
+    $this->assertTrue($file->isPermanent());
   }
 
 }