diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php
index 6ecca04..d4cbce8 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/Tests/ViewExecutableTest.php
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\pager\PagerPluginBase;
 use Drupal\views\Plugin\views\query\QueryPluginBase;
 use Drupal\views_test_data\Plugin\views\display\DisplayTest;
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
 /**
@@ -70,7 +71,6 @@ class ViewExecutableTest extends ViewUnitTestBase {
     'attachment_before',
     'attachment_after',
     'exposed_data',
-    'exposed_input',
     'exposed_raw_input',
     'old_view',
     'parent_views',
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ public function testProperties() {
     foreach ($this->executableProperties as $property) {
       $this->assertTrue(isset($view->{$property}));
     }
+
+    // Per default exposed input should fall back to an empty array.
+    $this->assertEqual($view->getExposedInput(), []);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/src/ViewExecutable.php b/core/modules/views/src/ViewExecutable.php
index 8441fa4..2cc6c01 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/src/ViewExecutable.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/src/ViewExecutable.php
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ public function getExposedInput() {
     // Fill our input either from \Drupal::request()->query or from something
     // previously set on the view.
     if (empty($this->exposed_input)) {
+      // Ensure that we can call the method at any point in time.
+      $this->initDisplay();
+
       $this->exposed_input = \Drupal::request()->query->all();
       // unset items that are definitely not our input:
       foreach (array('page', 'q') as $key) {