diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Sql/SqlContentEntityStorage.php
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@
   public function hasData() {
     return (bool) $this->database->select($this->getBaseTable(), 'base')
       ->fields('base')
-      ->countQuery()
+      ->range(0, 1)
       ->execute()
       ->fetchField();
   }