diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/ModerationInformation.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/ModerationInformation.php
index 9f350467be6ab1d772cdcf764e32522d628ce08a..286104ffd78cfb892e6baef3bfcc8d9ebd718687 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/src/ModerationInformation.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/src/ModerationInformation.php
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ public function isLiveRevision(ContentEntityInterface $entity) {
   public function isDefaultRevisionPublished(ContentEntityInterface $entity) {
     $workflow = $this->getWorkflowForEntity($entity);
     $default_revision = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()->getStorage($entity->getEntityTypeId())->load($entity->id());
+    // If no default revision could be loaded, the entity has not yet been
+    // saved. In this case the moderation_state of the unsaved entity can be
+    // used, since once saved it will become the default.
+    $default_revision = $default_revision  ?: $entity;
 
     // Ensure we are checking all translations of the default revision.
     if ($default_revision instanceof TranslatableInterface && $default_revision->isTranslatable()) {
diff --git a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Kernel/ModerationStateFieldItemListTest.php b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Kernel/ModerationStateFieldItemListTest.php
index 5580630b86a79bc9cb18aff93afdec0bd5f76ba1..af0bb4fd7d6de24f053d62005141ab6b633dacc2 100644
--- a/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Kernel/ModerationStateFieldItemListTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/content_moderation/tests/src/Kernel/ModerationStateFieldItemListTest.php
@@ -251,4 +251,34 @@ public function entityUnserializeTestCases() {
     ];
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Test saving a moderated node with an existing ID.
+   *
+   * @dataProvider moderatedEntityWithExistingIdTestCases
+   */
+  public function testModeratedEntityWithExistingId($state) {
+    $node = Node::create([
+      'title' => 'Test title',
+      'type' => 'example',
+      'nid' => 999,
+      'moderation_state' => $state,
+    ]);
+    $node->save();
+    $this->assertEquals($state, $node->moderation_state->value);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test cases for ::testModeratedEntityWithExistingId.
+   */
+  public function moderatedEntityWithExistingIdTestCases() {
+    return [
+      'Draft non-default state' => [
+        'draft',
+      ],
+      'Published default state' => [
+        'published',
+      ],
+    ];
+  }
+
 }