diff --git a/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php b/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php
index d7f9bc0..0799077 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/src/Entity/FieldConfig.php
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ protected function preSaveNew(EntityStorageInterface $storage) {
     if (!$field_type) {
       throw new FieldException(format_string('Attempt to create a field of unknown type %type.', array('%type' => $this->getType())));
     }
-    $this->setModule($field_type['provider']);
+    $this->module = $field_type['provider'];
 
     // Make sure all settings are present, so that a complete field
     // definition is passed to the various hooks and written to config.