diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessControlHandler.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessControlHandler.php
index 6d8d7fb..27fda29 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessControlHandler.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityAccessControlHandler.php
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ public function resetCache() {
   public function createAccess($entity_bundle = NULL, AccountInterface $account = NULL, array $context = array(), $return_as_object = FALSE) {
     $account = $this->prepareUser($account);
     $context += array(
+      'entity_type_id' => $this->entityTypeId,
       'langcode' => LanguageInterface::LANGCODE_DEFAULT,
     );
 
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
index 686271d..8493256 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/entity.api.php
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ function hook_ENTITY_TYPE_access(\Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface $entity, $o
  *   The account trying to access the entity.
  * @param array $context
  *   An associative array of additional context values. By default it contains
- *   language:
+ *   language and the entity type ID:
+ *   - entity_type_id - the entity type ID.
  *   - langcode - the current language code.
  * @param string $entity_bundle
  *   The entity bundle name.