diff --git a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php
index e414892..c034ade 100644
--- a/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php
+++ b/core/modules/hal/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -94,8 +94,7 @@ public function normalize($entity, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
       if (in_array($field_name, $exclude)) {
         continue;
       }
-      $field = $entity->get($field_name);
-      if (method_exists($field, 'getFieldDefinition') && ($definition = $field->getFieldDefinition()) && $definition->getType() == 'password') {
+      if (($definition = $field->getFieldDefinition()) && $definition->getType() == 'password') {
         // Never normalize password items.
         continue;
       }