diff --git a/src/Plugin/DataType/DynamicEntityReference.php b/src/Plugin/DataType/DynamicEntityReference.php
index 144bf260fd888ec4090a900c9f72ef58e6b4d589..249c662e0b38b00a80b6dbb527114f6a3fc22d33 100644
--- a/src/Plugin/DataType/DynamicEntityReference.php
+++ b/src/Plugin/DataType/DynamicEntityReference.php
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ class DynamicEntityReference extends EntityReference {
       // DynamicEntityReferenceItem storage settings it is selected dynamically
       // so it exists in DynamicEntityReferenceItem::values['target_type'].
       $target_type = $this->parent->getValue()['target_type'];
-      $entity = entity_load($target_type, $this->id);
+      $entity = \Drupal::entityTypeManager()
+        ->getStorage($target_type)
+        ->load($this->id);
       $this->target = isset($entity) ? $entity->getTypedData() : NULL;
     }
     return $this->target;