diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
index d7c3672..9302662 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\content_moderation\Plugin\Field;
 
+use Drupal\content_moderation\ContentModerationStateInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Field\FieldItemList;
 
 /**
@@ -13,12 +15,12 @@
 class ModerationStateFieldItemList extends FieldItemList {
 
   /**
-   * Gets the moderation state entity linked to a content entity revision.
+   * Gets the moderation state ID linked to a content entity revision.
    *
    * @return string|null
-   *   The moderation state linked to a content entity revision.
+   *   The moderation state ID linked to a content entity revision.
    */
-  protected function getModerationState() {
+  protected function getModerationStateId() {
     $entity = $this->getEntity();
 
     /** @var \Drupal\content_moderation\ModerationInformationInterface $moderation_info */
@@ -27,43 +29,67 @@ protected function getModerationState() {
       return NULL;
     }
 
-    if ($entity->id()) {
-      $revisions = \Drupal::service('entity.query')->get('content_moderation_state')
-        ->condition('content_entity_type_id', $entity->getEntityTypeId())
-        ->condition('content_entity_id', $entity->id())
-        ->condition('content_entity_revision_id', $entity->isNewRevision() ? $entity->getLoadedRevisionId() : $entity->getRevisionId())
-        ->condition('workflow', $moderation_info->getWorkFlowForEntity($entity)->id())
-        ->allRevisions()
-        ->sort('revision_id', 'DESC')
-        ->execute();
-
-      if ($revision_to_load = key($revisions)) {
-        /** @var \Drupal\content_moderation\ContentModerationStateInterface $content_moderation_state */
-        $content_moderation_state = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
-          ->getStorage('content_moderation_state')
-          ->loadRevision($revision_to_load);
-
-        // Return the correct translation.
-        if ($entity->getEntityType()->hasKey('langcode')) {
-          $langcode = $entity->language()->getId();
-          if (!$content_moderation_state->hasTranslation($langcode)) {
-            $content_moderation_state->addTranslation($langcode);
-          }
-          if ($content_moderation_state->language()->getId() !== $langcode) {
-            $content_moderation_state = $content_moderation_state->getTranslation($langcode);
-          }
-        }
-
-        return $content_moderation_state->get('moderation_state')->value;
-      }
+    // Existing entities will have a corresponding content_moderation_state
+    // entity associated with them.
+    if (!$entity->isNew() && $content_moderation_state = $this->loadContentModerationStateRevision($entity)) {
+      $content_moderation_state = $this->loadCorrespondingContentModerationStateLanguage($entity, $content_moderation_state);
+      return $content_moderation_state->moderation_state->value;
     }
+
     // It is possible that the bundle does not exist at this point. For example,
     // the node type form creates a fake Node entity to get default values.
     // @see \Drupal\node\NodeTypeForm::form()
     $workflow = $moderation_info->getWorkFlowForEntity($entity);
-    if ($workflow) {
-      return $workflow->getInitialState()->id();
+    return $workflow ? $workflow->getInitialState()->id() : NULL;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load the correct language based on the language of the given entity.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity that will be used to determine the language loaded.
+   * @param \Drupal\content_moderation\ContentModerationStateInterface $content_moderation_state
+   *   The entity whose language needs to match the given content entity.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\content_moderation\ContentModerationStateInterface
+   *   The content moderation state entity matching the given language code.
+   */
+  protected function loadCorrespondingContentModerationStateLanguage(ContentEntityInterface $entity, ContentModerationStateInterface $content_moderation_state) {
+    if (!$entity->getEntityType()->hasKey('langcode')) {
+      return $content_moderation_state;
+    }
+    $langcode = $entity->language()->getId();
+    if (!$content_moderation_state->hasTranslation($langcode)) {
+      $content_moderation_state->addTranslation($langcode);
     }
+    return $content_moderation_state->language()->getId() !== $langcode ? $content_moderation_state->getTranslation($langcode) : $content_moderation_state;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load the content moderation state revision associated with an entity.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface $entity
+   *   The entity the content moderation state entity will be loaded from.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\content_moderation\Entity\ContentModerationState|null
+   *   The content_moderation_state revision or FALSE if none exists.
+   */
+  protected function loadContentModerationStateRevision(ContentEntityInterface $entity) {
+    $moderation_info = \Drupal::service('content_moderation.moderation_information');
+    $content_moderation_storage = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage('content_moderation_state');
+
+    $revisions = \Drupal::service('entity.query')->get('content_moderation_state')
+      ->condition('content_entity_type_id', $entity->getEntityTypeId())
+      ->condition('content_entity_id', $entity->id())
+      // Ensure the correct revision is loaded in scenarios where a revision is
+      // being reverted.
+      ->condition('content_entity_revision_id', $entity->isNewRevision() ? $entity->getLoadedRevisionId() : $entity->getRevisionId())
+      ->condition('workflow', $moderation_info->getWorkFlowForEntity($entity)->id())
+      ->allRevisions()
+      ->sort('revision_id', 'DESC')
+      ->execute();
+
+    return !empty($revisions) ? $content_moderation_storage->loadRevision(key($revisions)) : NULL;
   }
 
   /**
@@ -93,7 +119,7 @@ protected function computeModerationFieldItemList() {
     $index = 0;
     if (!isset($this->list[$index]) || $this->list[$index]->isEmpty()) {
 
-      $moderation_state = $this->getModerationState();
+      $moderation_state = $this->getModerationStateId();
       // Do not store NULL values in the static cache.
       if ($moderation_state) {
         $this->list[$index] = $this->createItem($index, $moderation_state);