diff --git a/views/src/Plugin/views/field/Field.php b/views/src/Plugin/views/field/Field.php
index 6d318c4..1d605b7 100644
--- a/views/src/Plugin/views/field/Field.php
+++ b/views/src/Plugin/views/field/Field.php
@@ -850,8 +850,10 @@ public function getItems(ResultRow $values) {
    */
   protected function createEntityForGroupBy(EntityInterface $entity, ResultRow $row) {
     // Retrieve the correct translation object.
-    $processed_entity = clone $this->getEntityFieldRenderer()->getEntityTranslation($entity, $row);
-
+    $processed_entity = FALSE;
+    if (is_object($entity)) {
+      $processed_entity = clone $this->getEntityFieldRenderer()->getEntityTranslation($entity, $row);
+    }
     // Copy our group fields into the cloned entity. It is possible this will
     // cause some weirdness, but there is only so much we can hope to do.
     if (!empty($this->group_fields) && isset($entity->{$this->definition['field_name']})) {