diff --git a/src/Plugin/migrate/process/EntityLookup.php b/src/Plugin/migrate/process/EntityLookup.php
index 5bd991ba3d38b5ee239b2cd6bd13f7b6ee19af88..94667c3b4fa48fd7376f694002fef05dde79c056 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/migrate/process/EntityLookup.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/migrate/process/EntityLookup.php
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ class EntityLookup extends ProcessPluginBase implements ContainerFactoryPluginIn
   public function transform($value, MigrateExecutableInterface $migrateExecutable, Row $row, $destinationProperty) {
     $this->determineLookupProperties($destinationProperty);
 
-    $this->destinationProperty = $this->configuration['destination_field'];
+    $this->destinationProperty = isset($this->configuration['destination_field']) ? $this->configuration['destination_field'] : NULL;
 
     return $this->query($value);
   }