diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/VocabularyListBuilder.php b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/VocabularyListBuilder.php
index 60d89958d3..caf8442cd0 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/src/VocabularyListBuilder.php
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/src/VocabularyListBuilder.php
@@ -150,13 +150,23 @@ public function render() {
       unset($this->weightKey);
     }
     $build = parent::render();
-    $create_access = $this->entityTypeManager->getAccessControlHandler('taxonomy_vocabulary')->createAccess(NULL, NULL, [], TRUE);
-    $this->renderer->addCacheableDependency($build['table'], $create_access);
-    if ($create_access->isAllowed()) {
-      $build['table']['#empty'] = t('No vocabularies available. <a href="@link">Add vocabulary</a>.', ['@link' => Url::fromRoute('entity.taxonomy_vocabulary.add_form')->toString()]);
-    }
-    else {
-      $build['table']['#empty'] = t('No vocabularies available.');
+
+    // If the weight key was unset then the table is in the 'table' key,
+    // otherwise in vocabularies. The empty message is only needed if the table
+    // is possibly empty, so there is no need to support the vocabularies key
+    // here.
+    if (isset($build['table'])) {
+      $access_control_handler = $this->entityTypeManager->getAccessControlHandler('taxonomy_vocabulary');
+      $create_access = $access_control_handler->createAccess(NULL, NULL, [], TRUE);
+      $this->renderer->addCacheableDependency($build['table'], $create_access);
+      if ($create_access->isAllowed()) {
+        $build['table']['#empty'] = t('No vocabularies available. <a href="@link">Add vocabulary</a>.', [
+          '@link' => Url::fromRoute('entity.taxonomy_vocabulary.add_form')->toString()
+        ]);
+      }
+      else {
+        $build['table']['#empty'] = t('No vocabularies available.');
+      }
     }
 
     return $build;