diff -u b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php
--- b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessLanguageTest.php
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 
     // Reset the node access cache and turn on our test node access code.
     \Drupal::entityManager()->getAccessController('node')->resetCache();
-    \Drupal::state()->set('node_access_test_secret_catalan', 1);
+    variable_set('node_access_test_secret_catalan', 1);
     $node_public_ca = $this->drupalCreateNode(array('body' => array(array()), 'langcode' => 'ca', 'private' => FALSE));
     $this->assertTrue($node_public_ca->language()->id == 'ca', 'Node created as Catalan.');