diff --git a/src/EventSubscriber/ReplicateFieldSubscriber.php b/src/EventSubscriber/ReplicateFieldSubscriber.php
index 3b65e7bb4a14f0d0f9c1ff7308588a9251ad8acb..444eb0d755defb36f857ce3ca64b9edc2dfc6719 100644
--- a/src/EventSubscriber/ReplicateFieldSubscriber.php
+++ b/src/EventSubscriber/ReplicateFieldSubscriber.php
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ class ReplicateFieldSubscriber implements EventSubscriberInterface {
     $field_item_list = $event->getFieldItemList();
     if ($field_item_list->getItemDefinition()->getSetting('target_type') == 'paragraph') {
       foreach ($field_item_list as $field_item) {
-        $field_item->entity = $this->replicator->replicateEntity($field_item->entity);
+        if ($field_item->entity) {
+          $field_item->entity = $this->replicator->replicateEntity($field_item->entity);
+        }
       }
     }
   }