diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/Sql/Condition.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/Sql/Condition.php
index 3e71e565d01669ee1a8c3f8c69f49291f113afac..22b91230681a090c679b0a0a1d7221a76c920861 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/Sql/Condition.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Entity/Query/Sql/Condition.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function compile($conditionContainer) {
         // Add the SQL query to the object before calling this method again.
         $sql_condition->sqlQuery = $sql_query;
         $condition['field']->compile($sql_condition);
-        $conditionContainer->condition($sql_condition);
+        $sql_query->condition($sql_condition);
       }
       else {
         $type = strtoupper($this->conjunction) == 'OR' || $condition['operator'] == 'IS NULL' ? 'LEFT' : 'INNER';
diff --git a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityQueryTest.php b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityQueryTest.php
index e5d738ff924fbd62254659404ded0b06ca74e476..6efc67a916b0c9a11b1c82630027706d7a0c0ecf 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityQueryTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/src/Tests/Entity/EntityQueryTest.php
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ class EntityQueryTest extends EntityUnitTestBase {
    */
   protected $factory;
 
-  /**
-   * A list of bundle machine names created for this test.
-   *
-   * @var string[]
-   */
-  protected $bundles;
-
   /**
    * Field name for the greetings field.
    *
@@ -140,7 +133,6 @@ protected function setUp() {
       }
       $entity->save();
     }
-    $this->bundles = $bundles;
     $this->figures = $figures;
     $this->greetings = $greetings;
     $this->factory = \Drupal::service('entity.query');
@@ -488,34 +480,6 @@ public function testCount() {
      $this->assertFalse($count);
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Tests that nested condition groups work as expected.
-   */
-  public function testNestedConditionGroups() {
-    // Query for all entities of the first bundle that have either a red
-    // triangle as a figure or the Turkish greeting as a greeting.
-    $query = $this->factory->get('entity_test_mulrev');
-
-    $first_and = $query->andConditionGroup()
-      ->condition($this->figures . '.color', 'red')
-      ->condition($this->figures . '.shape', 'triangle');
-    $second_and = $query->andConditionGroup()
-      ->condition($this->greetings . '.value', 'merhaba')
-      ->condition($this->greetings . '.format', 'format-tr');
-
-    $or = $query->orConditionGroup()
-      ->condition($first_and)
-      ->condition($second_and);
-
-    $this->queryResults = $query
-      ->condition($or)
-      ->condition('type', reset($this->bundles))
-      ->sort('id')
-      ->execute();
-
-    $this->assertResult(6, 14);
-  }
-
   protected function assertResult() {
     $assert = array();
     $expected = func_get_args();