diff -u b/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc b/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc
--- b/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc
+++ b/plugins/access/entity_field_value.inc
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
   }
 
   // Field is empty.
-  if (!isset($conf[$field_name])) {
+  if (empty($conf[$field_name]) || empty($conf[$field_name][$langcode])) {
     // Return TRUE if field is empty and the configuration is missing.
     return TRUE;
   }