diff -u b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php
--- b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/KernelTests/Core/Entity/EntityTranslationTest.php
@@ -937,12 +937,17 @@
 
     // The untranslatable field is shared and only deleted once, for the
     // default langcode.
-    $actual = \Drupal::state()->get('entity_test.delete.untranslatable_test_field');
-    $actual = array_keys($actual);
+    $deleted_information = \Drupal::state()->get('entity_test.delete.untranslatable_test_field');
+    $actual = array_keys($deleted_information);
     $expected_untranslatable = ['en'];
     sort($actual);
     sort($expected_untranslatable);
     $this->assertEqual($actual, $expected_untranslatable);
+    // Ensure that the delete method was provided with the correct information
+    // that the entity is being deleted.
+    foreach ($expected_untranslatable as $langcode) {
+      $this->assertTrue($deleted_information[$langcode]);
+    }
   }
 
   /**