diff --git a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php
index 414a284..10f2aca 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/lib/Drupal/hal/Tests/NormalizerTestBase.php
@@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ function setUp() {
     foreach ($normalizers as $normalizer) {
       $normalizer->setLinkManager($link_manager);
     }
+    $entity_normalizer = reset($normalizers);
+    $entity_normalizer->setEntityManager(\Drupal::entityManager());
     $encoders = array(
       new JsonEncoder(),
     );