diff -u b/plugins/operation_types/action.inc b/plugins/operation_types/action.inc
--- b/plugins/operation_types/action.inc
+++ b/plugins/operation_types/action.inc
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
         'behavior' => isset($action['behavior']) ? $action['behavior'] : array(),
         'permissions' => isset($action['permissions']) ? $action['permissions'] : NULL,
         'pass rows' => !empty($action['pass rows']),
+        'entity operations' => isset($action['entity operations']) ? $action['entity operations'] : array(),
         'access callback' => isset($action['access callback']) ? $action['access callback'] : NULL,
         'access arguments' => !empty($action['access arguments']) ? $action['access arguments'] : array(),
       );
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- a/plugins/operation_types/action.class.php
+++ b/plugins/operation_types/action.class.php
@@ -19,16 +19,12 @@ class ViewsBulkOperationsAction extends ViewsBulkOperationsBaseOperation {
    * Returns the access bitmask for the operation, used for entity access checks.
    */
   public function getAccessMask() {
-    // Assume edit by default.
-    if (empty($this->operationInfo['behavior'])) {
-      $this->operationInfo['behavior'] = array('changes_property');
-    }
-
     $mask = 0;
     if (in_array('views_property', $this->operationInfo['behavior'])) {
       $mask |= VBO_ACCESS_OP_VIEW;
     }
-    if (in_array('changes_property', $this->operationInfo['behavior'])) {
+    // Assume edit by default.
+    if (in_array('changes_property', $this->operationInfo['behavior']) || empty($this->operationInfo['behavior'])) {
       $mask |= VBO_ACCESS_OP_UPDATE;
     }
     if (in_array('creates_property', $this->operationInfo['behavior'])) {