diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
index 2f07e1b..a55db27 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/Plugin/Field/ModerationStateFieldItemList.php
@@ -131,15 +131,9 @@ public function onChange($delta) {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function setValue($values, $notify = TRUE) {
-    // Support passing in only the value of the first item, either as a literal
-    // (value of the first property) or as an array of properties.
-    if (isset($values) && (!is_array($values) || (!empty($values) && !is_numeric(current(array_keys($values)))))) {
-      $values = [0 => $values];
-    }
-
-    $this->updateModeratedEntity($values[0]['value']);
-
     parent::setValue($values, $notify);
+
+    $this->updateModeratedEntity($this->list[0]->value);
   }
 
   /**