diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
index e1bfe4f..56fb38f 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/FileEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -62,8 +62,11 @@ public function denormalize($data, $class, $format = NULL, array $context = [])
     $file_data = (string) $this->httpClient->get($data['uri'][0]['value'])->getBody();
 
     $path = 'temporary://' . drupal_basename($data['uri'][0]['value']);
-    $data['uri'] = [file_unmanaged_save_data($file_data, $path)];
-
+    $data['uri'] = file_unmanaged_save_data($file_data, $path);
+    if (!isset($data['_links']['type'])) {
+      return $this->entityManager->getStorage('file')->create($data);
+    }
+    $data['uri'] = [['value' => $data['uri']]];
     return parent::denormalize($data, $class, $format, $context);
   }