diff --git a/core/modules/workspaces/src/Hook/EntityOperations.php b/core/modules/workspaces/src/Hook/EntityOperations.php
index c459f4d065e3fbd47998ffa6941a561452993034..80dbdfa546ebc6cc1dc99c5c0071c8bd15d5ebe7 100644
--- a/core/modules/workspaces/src/Hook/EntityOperations.php
+++ b/core/modules/workspaces/src/Hook/EntityOperations.php
@@ -200,18 +200,19 @@ public function entityTranslationInsert(EntityInterface $translation): void {
     // that translation to the default revision as well, otherwise the new
     // translation wouldn't show up in entity queries or views which use the
     // field data table as the base table.
-    $this->workspaceManager->executeOutsideWorkspace(function () use ($translation) {
-      $storage = $this->entityTypeManager->getStorage($translation->getEntityTypeId());
-      $default_revision = $storage->load($translation->id());
-
-      $langcode = $translation->language()->getId();
-      if (!$default_revision->hasTranslation($langcode)) {
-        $default_revision_translation = $default_revision->addTranslation($langcode, $translation->toArray());
-        $default_revision_translation->setUnpublished();
-        $default_revision_translation->setSyncing(TRUE);
-        $default_revision_translation->save();
-      }
+    $default_revision = $this->workspaceManager->executeOutsideWorkspace(function () use ($translation) {
+      return $this->entityTypeManager
+        ->getStorage($translation->getEntityTypeId())
+        ->load($translation->id());
     });
+    $langcode = $translation->language()->getId();
+    if (!$default_revision->hasTranslation($langcode)) {
+      $default_revision_translation = $default_revision->addTranslation($langcode, $translation->toArray());
+      assert($default_revision_translation instanceof EntityPublishedInterface);
+      $default_revision_translation->setUnpublished();
+      $default_revision_translation->setSyncing(TRUE);
+      $default_revision_translation->save();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/workspaces/tests/modules/workspaces_test/src/Hook/WorkspacesTestHooks.php b/core/modules/workspaces/tests/modules/workspaces_test/src/Hook/WorkspacesTestHooks.php
index 09ab54054ff6e5b97888ece8944079cb335fc944..d452d343ca3d1f316bfe44976bef73a5854bcf88 100644
--- a/core/modules/workspaces/tests/modules/workspaces_test/src/Hook/WorkspacesTestHooks.php
+++ b/core/modules/workspaces/tests/modules/workspaces_test/src/Hook/WorkspacesTestHooks.php
@@ -24,4 +24,14 @@ public function entityTypeAlter(array &$entity_types) : void {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Implements hook_ENTITY_TYPE_translation_create() for 'entity_test_mulrevpub'.
+   */
+  #[Hook('entity_test_mulrevpub_translation_create')]
+  public function entityTranslationCreate(): void {
+    /** @var \Drupal\workspaces\WorkspaceManagerInterface $workspace_manager */
+    $workspace_manager = \Drupal::service('workspaces.manager');
+    \Drupal::keyValue('ws_test')->set('workspace_was_active', $workspace_manager->hasActiveWorkspace());
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceContentTranslationTest.php b/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceContentTranslationTest.php
index 70351c96318716f9311923cc362b515336775ad0..e3792cfaa325b931d0d451ecda03b0f7d3259aa1 100644
--- a/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceContentTranslationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/workspaces/tests/src/Kernel/WorkspaceContentTranslationTest.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class WorkspaceContentTranslationTest extends KernelTestBase {
     'language',
     'user',
     'workspaces',
+    'workspaces_test',
   ];
 
   /**
@@ -84,6 +85,9 @@ public function testTranslations(): void {
     $entity_published->addTranslation('ro', ['name' => 'live - 1 - published - RO']);
     $entity_published->save();
 
+    // Test that the default revision translation is created in a WS.
+    $this->assertTrue(\Drupal::keyValue('ws_test')->get('workspace_was_active'));
+
     $entity_unpublished->addTranslation('ro', ['name' => 'live - 2 - unpublished - RO']);
     $entity_unpublished->save();