diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/Discovery/MigrateContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator.php b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/Discovery/MigrateContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/Discovery/MigrateContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/src/Plugin/Discovery/MigrateContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator.php
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Plugin\Discovery\ContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator;
 
+/**
+ * Overrides ContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator to pre-check providers.
+ *
+ * @ingroup migration
+ */
 class MigrateContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator extends ContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator {
 
   /**
@@ -16,11 +21,10 @@
   protected $moduleHandler;
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new instance.
+   * Constructs a new MigrateContainerDerivativeDiscoveryDecorator.
    *
    * @param \Drupal\Component\Plugin\Discovery\DiscoveryInterface $decorated
-   *   The parent object implementing DiscoveryInterface that is being
-   *   decorated.
+   *   The parent object that is being decorated.
    * @param \Drupal\Core\Extension\ModuleHandlerInterface $module_handler
    *   The module handler.
    */
@@ -35,7 +39,7 @@
   protected function getDeriver($base_plugin_id, $base_definition) {
     // Short-circuit attempts to instantiate derivers if the base provider is
     // not available.
-    if (isset($base_definition['provider']) && !in_array($base_definition['provider'], array('core', 'component')) && !$this->providerExists($base_definition['provider'])) {
+    if (isset($base_definition['provider']) && !in_array($base_definition['provider'], ['core', 'component']) && !$this->moduleHandler->moduleExists($base_definition['provider'])) {
       return NULL;
     }
     else {
@@ -45,12 +49,2 @@
 
-  /**
-   * Determines if the provider of a definition exists.
-   *
-   * @return bool
-   *   TRUE if provider exists, FALSE otherwise.
-   */
-  protected function providerExists($provider) {
-    return $this->moduleHandler->moduleExists($provider);
-  }
-
 }
diff -u b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
--- b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/migrate/tests/src/Kernel/Plugin/MigrationPluginListTest.php
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@
    * @covers ::getDefinitions
    */
   public function testGetDefinitions() {
-    $migration_plugins = \Drupal::service('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
+    // Make sure retrieving all the core migration plugins does not throw any
+    // errors.
+    $migration_plugins = $this->container->get('plugin.manager.migration')->getDefinitions();
   }
 
 }