diff -u b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/MenuLinkTree.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/MenuLinkTree.php
--- b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/MenuLinkTree.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Menu/MenuLinkTree.php
@@ -936,6 +936,11 @@
    *   The menu tree you wish to operate on.
    */
   protected function checkAccess(&$tree) {
+    $this->doCheckAccess($tree);
+    $this->sortCheckAccess($tree);
+  }
+
+  protected function doCheckAccess(&$tree) {
     $new_tree = array();
     foreach ($tree as $key => $v) {
       $definition = $tree[$key]['definition'];
@@ -946,15 +951,27 @@
       if ($instance) {
         $tree[$key]['link'] = $instance;
         if ($tree[$key]['below']) {
-          $this->checkAccess($tree[$key]['below']);
+          $this->doCheckAccess($tree[$key]['below']);
         }
         unset($tree[$key]['definition']);
-        // The weights are made a uniform 5 digits by adding 50000 as an offset.
-        // After $this->menuLinkTranslate(), $item['title'] has the localized
-        // link title. Adding the plugin id to the end of the index insures that
-        // it is unique.
-        $new_tree[(50000 + $instance->getWeight()) . ' ' . $instance->getTitle() . ' ' . $instance->getPluginId()] = $tree[$key];
+        $new_tree[$instance->getPluginId()] = $tree[$key];
+      }
+    }
+    $tree = $new_tree;
+  }
+
+  protected function sortCheckAccess(&$tree) {
+    $new_tree = array();
+    foreach ($tree as $key => $v) {
+      if ($tree[$key]['below']) {
+        $this->sortCheckAccess($tree[$key]['below']);
       }
+      $instance = $tree[$key]['link'];
+      // The weights are made a uniform 5 digits by adding 50000 as an offset.
+      // After $this->menuLinkTranslate(), $item['title'] has the localized
+      // link title. Adding the plugin id to the end of the index insures that
+      // it is unique.
+      $new_tree[(50000 + $instance->getWeight()) . ' ' . $instance->getTitle() . ' ' . $instance->getPluginId()] = $tree[$key];
     }
     // Sort siblings in the tree based on the weights and localized titles.
     ksort($new_tree);
diff -u b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php
--- b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Entity/MenuLinkContent.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
  *     }
  *   },
  *   admin_permission = "administer menu",
- *   static_cache = FALSE,
  *   base_table = "menu_link_content",
  *   data_table = "menu_link_content_data",
  *   fieldable = TRUE,
diff -u b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Plugin/Menu/MenuLinkContent.php b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Plugin/Menu/MenuLinkContent.php
--- b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Plugin/Menu/MenuLinkContent.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu_link_content/lib/Drupal/menu_link_content/Plugin/Menu/MenuLinkContent.php
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 class MenuLinkContent extends MenuLinkBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginInterface {
 
+  protected static $entityIdsToLoad = array();
+
   /**
    * Defines all overrideable values.
    *
@@ -66,6 +68,11 @@
   public function __construct(array $configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition, EntityManagerInterface $entity_manager) {
     parent::__construct($configuration, $plugin_id, $plugin_definition);
 
+    if (!empty($this->pluginDefinition['metadata']['entity_id'])) {
+      $entity_id = $this->pluginDefinition['metadata']['entity_id'];
+      static::$entityIdsToLoad[$entity_id] = $entity_id;
+    }
+
     $this->entityManager = $entity_manager;
   }
 
@@ -90,7 +97,11 @@
     if (empty($this->entity)) {
       $storage = $this->entityManager->getStorage('menu_link_content');
       if (!empty($this->pluginDefinition['metadata']['entity_id'])) {
-        $this->entity = $storage->load($this->pluginDefinition['metadata']['entity_id']);
+        $entity_id = $this->pluginDefinition['metadata']['entity_id'];
+        static::$entityIdsToLoad[$entity_id] = $entity_id;
+        $entities = $storage->loadMultiple(array_values(static::$entityIdsToLoad));
+        $this->entity = isset($entities[$entity_id]) ? $entities[$entity_id] : NULL;
+        static::$entityIdsToLoad = array();
       }
       else {
         // Fallback to the loading by the uuid.