diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
index 7c0a458..aed081a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBase.php
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ public function setNewRevision($value = TRUE) {
     if ($value && !$this->newRevision) {
       // When saving a new revision, set any existing revision ID to NULL so as
       // to ensure that a new revision will actually be created.
+      $this->previous_revision = $this->getRevisionId();
       $this->set($this->getEntityType()->getKey('revision'), NULL);
 
       // Make sure that the flag tracking which translations are affected by the
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php
index f583121..880bc9b 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityStorageBase.php
@@ -430,6 +430,12 @@ protected function doPreSave(EntityInterface $entity) {
       $entity->original = $this->loadUnchanged($id);
     }
 
+    // Load the previous revision, if any.
+    if ($id_exists && !isset($entity->previous)) {
+      $entity->previous = $this->loadRevision($entity->original_revision);
+      unset($entity->original_revision);
+    }
+
     // Allow code to run before saving.
     $entity->preSave($this);
     $this->invokeHook('presave', $entity);
@@ -475,6 +481,7 @@ protected function doPostSave(EntityInterface $entity, $update) {
     $entity->setOriginalId($entity->id());
 
     unset($entity->original);
+    unset($entity->previous);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
index 453bdf1..46ddd90 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/modules/entity_test/entity_test.module
@@ -399,6 +399,13 @@ function entity_test_entity_test_insert($entity) {
 }
 
 /**
+ * Implements hook_entity_update().
+ */
+function entity_test_entity_update(EntityInterface $entity) {
+  \Drupal::state()->set('entity_test.previous', $entity->previous);
+}
+
+/**
  * Implements hook_entity_field_access().
  *
  * @see \Drupal\system\Tests\Entity\FieldAccessTest::testFieldAccess()
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityPreviousPropertyTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityPreviousPropertyTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9f6632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityPreviousPropertyTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\KernelTests\Core\Entity;
+
+use Drupal\entity_test\Entity\EntityTestMulRev;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the previous property on an entity.
+ *
+ * @group entity
+ */
+class EntityPreviousPropertyTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['system', 'entity_test'];
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    $this->installEntitySchema('entity_test_mulrev');
+
+  }
+
+  public function testPreviousProperty() {
+    $entity = EntityTestMulRev::create();
+    $entity->save();
+
+    $loaded = EntityTestMulRev::load($entity->id());
+    $loaded->setNewRevision(TRUE);
+    $loaded->save();
+
+    /** @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $loaded_previous */
+    $previous = \Drupal::state()->get('entity_test.previous');
+    $this->assertEquals($entity->getRevisionId(), $previous->getRevisionId());
+    $this->assertNotEquals($loaded->getRevisionId(), $previous->getRevisionId());
+
+    $loaded->set('name', 'dublin');
+    $loaded->save();
+    $previous2 = \Drupal::state()->get('entity_test.previous');
+    $this->assertEquals($loaded->getRevisionId(), $previous2->getRevisionId());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBaseUnitTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBaseUnitTest.php
index cb73533..bc5965b 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBaseUnitTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Entity/ContentEntityBaseUnitTest.php
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ public function testIsNewRevision() {
       ->method('hasKey')
       ->with('revision')
       ->will($this->returnValue(TRUE));
-    $this->entityType->expects($this->at(5))
+    $this->entityType->expects($this->at(6))
       ->method('getKey')
       ->with('revision')
       ->will($this->returnValue('revision_id'));