diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
index 6f3ce021a63..fa83359c0f7 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Field/Plugin/Field/FieldFormatter/EntityReferenceEntityFormatter.php
@@ -160,48 +160,42 @@ class EntityReferenceEntityFormatter extends EntityReferenceFormatterBase implem
     $elements = array();
 
     foreach ($this->getEntitiesToView($items, $langcode) as $delta => $entity) {
-      if ($entity->id()) {
-        // Due to render caching and delayed calls, the viewElements() method
-        // will be called later in the rendering process through a '#pre_render'
-        // callback, so we need to generate a counter that takes into account
-        // all the relevant information about this field and the referenced
-        // entity that is being rendered.
-        $recursive_render_id = $items->getFieldDefinition()->getTargetEntityTypeId()
-          . $items->getFieldDefinition()->getTargetBundle()
-          . $items->getName()
-          . $entity->id();
+      // Due to render caching and delayed calls, the viewElements() method
+      // will be called later in the rendering process through a '#pre_render'
+      // callback, so we need to generate a counter that takes into account
+      // all the relevant information about this field and the referenced
+      // entity that is being rendered.
+      $recursive_render_id = $items->getFieldDefinition()->getTargetEntityTypeId()
+        . $items->getFieldDefinition()->getTargetBundle()
+        . $items->getName()
+        . $entity->id();
 
-        if (isset(static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id])) {
-          static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id]++;
-        }
-        else {
-          static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id] = 1;
-        }
-
-        // Protect ourselves from recursive rendering.
-        if (static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id] > static::RECURSIVE_RENDER_LIMIT) {
-          $this->loggerFactory->get('entity')->error('Recursive rendering detected when rendering entity %entity_type: %entity_id, using the %field_name field on the %bundle_name bundle. Aborting rendering.', [
-            '%entity_type' => $entity->getEntityTypeId(),
-            '%entity_id' => $entity->id(),
-            '%field_name' => $items->getName(),
-            '%bundle_name' => $items->getFieldDefinition()->getTargetBundle(),
-          ]);
-          return $elements;
-        }
-
-        $view_builder = $this->entityTypeManager->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId());
-        $elements[$delta] = $view_builder->view($entity, $view_mode, $entity->language()->getId());
-
-        // Add a resource attribute to set the mapping property's value to the
-        // entity's url. Since we don't know what the markup of the entity will
-        // be, we shouldn't rely on it for structured data such as RDFa.
-        if (!empty($items[$delta]->_attributes)) {
-          $items[$delta]->_attributes += array('resource' => $entity->url());
-        }
+      if (isset(static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id])) {
+        static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id]++;
       }
       else {
-        // This is an "auto_create" item.
-        $elements[$delta] = array('#markup' => $entity->label());
+        static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id] = 1;
+      }
+
+      // Protect ourselves from recursive rendering.
+      if (static::$recursiveRenderDepth[$recursive_render_id] > static::RECURSIVE_RENDER_LIMIT) {
+        $this->loggerFactory->get('entity')->error('Recursive rendering detected when rendering entity %entity_type: %entity_id, using the %field_name field on the %bundle_name bundle. Aborting rendering.', [
+          '%entity_type' => $entity->getEntityTypeId(),
+          '%entity_id' => $entity->id(),
+          '%field_name' => $items->getName(),
+          '%bundle_name' => $items->getFieldDefinition()->getTargetBundle(),
+        ]);
+        return $elements;
+      }
+
+      $view_builder = $this->entityTypeManager->getViewBuilder($entity->getEntityTypeId());
+      $elements[$delta] = $view_builder->view($entity, $view_mode, $entity->language()->getId());
+
+      // Add a resource attribute to set the mapping property's value to the
+      // entity's url. Since we don't know what the markup of the entity will
+      // be, we shouldn't rely on it for structured data such as RDFa.
+      if (!empty($items[$delta]->_attributes) && !$entity->isNew() && $entity->hasLinkTemplate('canonical')) {
+        $items[$delta]->_attributes += array('resource' => $entity->toUrl()->toString());
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/EntityReferenceFormatterTest.php b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/EntityReferenceFormatterTest.php
index 6720224aebc..d4be1dadc4e 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/EntityReferenceFormatterTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/tests/src/Kernel/EntityReference/EntityReferenceFormatterTest.php
@@ -201,8 +201,18 @@ class EntityReferenceFormatterTest extends EntityKernelTestBase {
     $this->assertEqual($build[0]['#cache']['tags'], $expected_cache_tags, format_string('The @formatter formatter has the expected cache tags.', array('@formatter' => $formatter)));
 
     // Test the second field item.
+    $expected_rendered_name_field_2 = '
+            <div class="field field--name-name field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">' . $this->unsavedReferencedEntity->label() . '</div>
+      ';
+    $expected_rendered_body_field_2 = '
+  <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text field--label-above">
+    <div class="field__label">Body</div>
+              <div class="field__item"><p>Hello, unsaved world!</p></div>
+          </div>
+';
+
     $renderer->renderRoot($build[1]);
-    $this->assertEqual($build[1]['#markup'], $this->unsavedReferencedEntity->label(), sprintf('The markup returned by the %s formatter is correct for an item with a unsaved entity.', $formatter));
+    $this->assertEqual($build[1]['#markup'], 'default | ' . $this->unsavedReferencedEntity->label() . $expected_rendered_name_field_2 . $expected_rendered_body_field_2, sprintf('The markup returned by the %s formatter is correct for an item with a unsaved entity.', $formatter));
   }
 
   /**