diff -u b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstanceConfig.php b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstanceConfig.php
--- b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstanceConfig.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/lib/Drupal/field/Entity/FieldInstanceConfig.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
  *   id = "field_instance_config",
  *   label = @Translation("Field instance"),
  *   controllers = {
- *     "list_builder" = "\Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityListBuilder",
+ *     "list_builder" = "\Drupal\field_ui\FieldInstanceListBuilder",
  *     "storage" = "Drupal\field\FieldInstanceConfigStorageController"
  *   },
  *   config_prefix = "instance",
diff -u b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/FieldOverview.php b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/FieldOverview.php
--- b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/FieldOverview.php
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/FieldOverview.php
@@ -135,25 +135,6 @@
         ),
       );
 
-      $links = array();
-      $links['edit'] = array(
-        'title' => $this->t('Edit'),
-        'route_name' => 'field_ui.instance_edit_' . $this->entity_type,
-        'route_parameters' => $route_parameters,
-        'attributes' => array('title' => $this->t('Edit instance settings.')),
-      );
-      $links['field-settings'] = array(
-        'title' => $this->t('Field settings'),
-        'route_name' => 'field_ui.field_edit_' . $this->entity_type,
-        'route_parameters' => $route_parameters,
-        'attributes' => array('title' => $this->t('Edit field settings.')),
-      );
-      $links['delete'] = array(
-        'title' => $this->t('Delete'),
-        'route_name' => 'field_ui.delete_' . $this->entity_type,
-        'route_parameters' => $route_parameters,
-        'attributes' => array('title' => $this->t('Delete instance.')),
-      );
       $table[$name]['operations']['data'] = array(
         '#type' => 'operations',
         '#links' => $this->entityManager->getListBuilder('field_instance_config')->getOperations($instance),
only in patch2:
unchanged:
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/field_ui/lib/Drupal/field_ui/FieldInstanceListBuilder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\field_ui\FieldInstanceListBuilder.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\field_ui;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Config\Entity\ConfigEntityListBuilder;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Provides lists of field instances.
+ */
+class FieldInstanceListBuilder extends ConfigEntityListBuilder {
+
+  /**
+   * The entity manager.
+   *
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface
+   */
+  protected $entityManager;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new class instance.
+   *
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityTypeInterface $entity_type
+   *   The entity type definition.
+   * @param \Drupal\Core\Entity\EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager
+   *   The entity manager.
+   */
+  public function __construct(EntityTypeInterface $entity_type, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
+    parent::__construct($entity_type, $entity_manager->getStorageController($entity_type->id()));
+    $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public static function createInstance(ContainerInterface $container, EntityTypeInterface $entity_type) {
+    return new static($entity_type, $container->get('entity.manager'));
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function render() {
+    throw new \Exception('This class is only used for operations and not for building lists.');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getDefaultOperations(EntityInterface $entity) {
+    /** @var \Drupal\field\FieldInstanceConfigInterface $entity */
+    $operations = parent::getDefaultOperations($entity);
+
+    $target_entity_type_bundle_entity_type_id = $this->entityManager->getDefinition($entity->getTargetEntityTypeId())->getBundleEntityType();
+    $route_parameters = array(
+      $target_entity_type_bundle_entity_type_id => $entity->targetBundle(),
+      'field_instance_config' => $entity->id(),
+    );
+    $operations['edit'] = array(
+      'title' => $this->t('Edit'),
+      'route_name' => 'field_ui.instance_edit_' . $entity->getTargetEntityTypeId(),
+      'route_parameters' => $route_parameters,
+      'attributes' => array('title' => $this->t('Edit instance settings.')),
+    );
+    $operations['field-settings'] = array(
+      'title' => $this->t('Field settings'),
+      'route_name' => 'field_ui.field_edit_' . $entity->getTargetEntityTypeId(),
+      'route_parameters' => $route_parameters,
+      'attributes' => array('title' => $this->t('Edit field settings.')),
+    );
+    $operations['delete'] = array(
+      'title' => $this->t('Delete'),
+      'route_name' => 'field_ui.delete_' . $entity->getTargetEntityTypeId(),
+      'route_parameters' => $route_parameters,
+      'attributes' => array('title' => $this->t('Delete instance.')),
+    );
+
+    return $operations;
+  }
+
+}