diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
index a01be29..5536859 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Entity.php
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
    * This property will be set and used during the saving process.
    *
    * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface
+   *
+   * @deprecated in Drupal 8.0.0 and will be removed before Drupal 9.0.0.
+   *   Use \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface::getOriginalDefaultRevision()
+   *   instead.
    */
   public $original;
 
@@ -639,4 +643,11 @@ public function getConfigTarget() {
     return $this->uuid();
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOriginalDefaultRevision() {
+    return $this->original;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php
index 8890fb7..47d8afb 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityInterface.php
@@ -502,4 +502,13 @@ public function getConfigDependencyName();
    */
   public function getConfigTarget();
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the unchanged entity for the default revision.
+   *
+   * This is only available while an entity is being saved.
+   *
+   * @return static
+   */
+  public function getOriginalDefaultRevision();
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
index b6841a8..6c676dc 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/src/ViewUI.php
@@ -1348,4 +1348,11 @@ public function addCacheTags(array $cache_tags) {
     return $this->storage->addCacheTags($cache_tags);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getOriginalDefaultRevision() {
+    return $this->storage->getOriginalDefaultRevision();
+  }
+
 }