diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Installer/InstallerServiceProvider.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Installer/InstallerServiceProvider.php
index 48341492bd..c72bf8948a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Installer/InstallerServiceProvider.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Installer/InstallerServiceProvider.php
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ public function register(ContainerBuilder $container) {
     $container
       ->register('router.dumper', 'Drupal\Core\Routing\NullMatcherDumper');
 
+    // In the super early installer schema are meaningless because schema
+    // storage only looks at installed modules and no modules are installed.
+    $container
+      ->register('config.storage.schema', 'Drupal\Core\Config\NullStorage');
+
     // Remove the cache tags invalidator tag from the cache tags storage, so
     // that we don't call it when cache tags are invalidated very early in the
     // installer.