diff --cc core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php
index 6188b34,8c370dc..0000000
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php
@@@ -354,13 -409,13 +365,13 @@@ abstract class AccessResult implements 
      }
      elseif ($this->isAllowed() || $other->isAllowed()) {
        $result = static::allowed();
-       if (!$this->isAllowed() || ($this->getCacheMaxAge() === 0 && $other->isAllowed())) {
 -      if (!$this->isAllowed() || (!$this->isCacheable() && $other->isAllowed()) || ($this->isCacheable() && $other instanceof CacheableInterface && $other->isCacheable())) {
++      if (!$this->isAllowed() || ($this->getCacheMaxAge() === 0 && $other->isAllowed()) || ($this->getCacheMaxAge() !== 0 && $other instanceof CacheableDependencyInterface && $other->getCacheMaxAge() !== 0)) {
          $merge_other = TRUE;
        }
      }
      else {
        $result = static::neutral();
-       if (!$this->isNeutral() || ($this->getCacheMaxAge() === 0 && $other->isNeutral())) {
 -      if (!$this->isNeutral() || (!$this->isCacheable() && $other->isNeutral()) || ($this->isCacheable() && $other instanceof CacheableInterface && $other->isCacheable())) {
++      if (!$this->isNeutral() || ($this->getCacheMaxAge() === 0 && $other->isNeutral()) || ($this->getCacheMaxAge() !== 0 && $other instanceof CacheableDependencyInterface && $other->getCacheMaxAge() !== 0)) {
          $merge_other = TRUE;
        }
      }
diff --cc core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php
index 13a7b50,5fc4db7..0000000
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/EntityViewBuilder.php
diff --cc core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/BubbleableMetadata.php
index c4852a9,ccf11fd..0000000
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/BubbleableMetadata.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Render/BubbleableMetadata.php
@@@ -8,8 -8,9 +8,9 @@@
  namespace Drupal\Core\Render;
  
  use Drupal\Component\Utility\NestedArray;
+ use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface;
  use Drupal\Core\Cache\Cache;
 -use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableInterface;
 +use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableDependencyInterface;
  
  /**
   * Value object used for bubbleable rendering metadata.
@@@ -125,6 -130,22 +126,26 @@@ class BubbleableMetadata implements Cac
    }
  
    /**
 -   * Creates a bubbleable metadata object from a cacheable object.
++   * Creates a bubbleable metadata object from an access result.
+    *
 -   * @param \Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableInterface $object
 -   *   A cacheable object.
++   * @param \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface $access_result
++   *   An access result.
+    *
+    * @return static
+    */
 -  public static function createFromCacheableObject(CacheableInterface $object) {
++  public static function createFromAccessResult(AccessResultInterface $access_result) {
++    if ($access_result instanceof CacheableDependencyInterface) {
++      return static::createFromObject($access_result);
++    }
++
++    // Any AccessResultInterface object that doesn't implement
++    // CacheableDependencyInterface must be assumed to be uncacheable.
+     $meta = new static();
 -    $meta->contexts = $object->getCacheContexts();
 -    $meta->tags = $object->getCacheTags();
 -    $meta->maxAge = $object->getCacheMaxAge();
++    $meta->maxAge = 0;
+     return $meta;
+   }
+ 
+   /**
     * Gets cache tags.
     *
     * @return string[]
diff --cc core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityViewBuilderTest.php
index e44299b,dd6b226..0000000
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityViewBuilderTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityViewBuilderTest.php
 core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php
index d9ab9d0..77d5e13 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php
@@ -808,15 +808,15 @@ public function testAndOrCacheabilityPropagation(AccessResultInterface $first, $
   public function testOrIfCacheabilityMerging() {
     $merge_both_directions = function(AccessResult $a, AccessResult $b) {
       // A globally cacheable access result.
-      $a->setCacheable(TRUE);
+      $a->setCacheMaxAge(3600);
       // Another access result that is cacheable per permissions.
-      $b->setCacheable(TRUE)->cachePerPermissions();
+      $b->setCacheMaxAge(86400)->cachePerPermissions();
 
       $r1 = $a->orIf($b);
-      $this->assertTrue($r1->isCacheable());
+      $this->assertTrue($r1->getCacheMaxAge() !== 0);
       $this->assertSame(['user.permissions'], $r1->getCacheContexts());
       $r2 = $b->orIf($a);
-      $this->assertTrue($r2->isCacheable());
+      $this->assertTrue($r2->getCacheMaxAge() !== 0);
       $this->assertSame(['user.permissions'], $r2->getCacheContexts());
     };