core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php
index 933c126..f4da6c2 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/TermStorage.php
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ protected function getAncestors(TermInterface $term) {
    */
   public function loadChildren($tid, $vid = NULL) {
     /** @var \Drupal\taxonomy\TermInterface $term */
-    return (!empty($tid) && $term = $this->load($tid)) ? $term->getChildren() : [];
+    return (!empty($tid) && $term = $this->load($tid)) ? $this->getChildren($term) : [];
   }
 
   /**