diff -u b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js
--- b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js
+++ b/core/modules/quickedit/js/quickedit.js
@@ -368,10 +368,12 @@
     var entityElementSelector = '[data-quickedit-entity-id="' + entityID + '"]';
     var $entityElement = $(entityElementSelector);
 
+    // If there are no elements returned from `entityElementSelector`
+    // throw an error. Check the browser console for this message.
     if (!$entityElement.length) {
       throw Drupal.t('The field [data-quickedit-field-id="@fieldID"] parent attribute [data-quickedit-entity-id] is missing.', {
         '@fieldID': fieldID
-      })
+      });
     }
 
     var entityElement = $(fieldElement).closest($entityElement);