diff -u b/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php b/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php
--- b/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/src/NodeGrantDatabaseStorage.php
@@ -207,12 +207,7 @@
             $grant['nid'] = $node->id();
             $grant['langcode'] = $grant_langcode;
             // The record with the original langcode is used as the fallback.
-            if ($grant['langcode'] == $node->language()->getId()) {
-              $grant['fallback'] = 1;
-            }
-            else {
-              $grant['fallback'] = 0;
-            }
+            $grant['fallback'] = (int) ($grant_langcode == $node->language()->getId());
             $query->values($grant);
           }
         }