diff -u b/field_collection.module b/field_collection.module
--- b/field_collection.module
+++ b/field_collection.module
@@ -906,7 +906,9 @@
  */
 function field_collection_item_delete($id) {
   $fci = field_collection_item_load($id);
-  $fci->delete();
+  if (!empty($fci)) {
+    $fci->delete();
+  }
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1046,7 +1048,8 @@
   // and old values are marked as removed. We need to avoid processing them in
   // this case.
   $entity_langcode = field_collection_entity_language($host_entity_type, $host_entity);
-  $original_langcode = field_collection_entity_language($host_entity_type, $host_entity->original);
+  $original = isset($host_entity->original) ? $host_entity->original : $host_entity;
+  $original_langcode = field_collection_entity_language($host_entity_type, $original);
   $langcode = $langcode == $original_langcode ? $entity_langcode : $langcode;
 
   // Prevent workbench moderation from deleting field collections on node_save()
diff -u b/includes/translation.handler.field_collection_item.inc b/includes/translation.handler.field_collection_item.inc
--- b/includes/translation.handler.field_collection_item.inc
+++ b/includes/translation.handler.field_collection_item.inc
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       // language.
       if (($host_entity_type = $this->entity->hostEntityType()) && entity_translation_enabled($host_entity_type) && ($host_entity = $this->entity->hostEntity())) {
         $handler = $this->factory->getHandler($host_entity_type, $host_entity);
-        $langcode = $handler->getLanguage();
+        $langcode = $handler->getFormLanguage();
       }
       // If the host entity is not translatable, use the default language
       // fallback.