diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Eav/Model/Entity/Attribute/AbstractAttribute.php b/app/code/Magento/Eav/Model/Entity/Attribute/AbstractAttribute.php
index 7cd3be6034890..cb7a9f3602831 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Eav/Model/Entity/Attribute/AbstractAttribute.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Eav/Model/Entity/Attribute/AbstractAttribute.php
@@ -636,7 +636,11 @@ public function getSource()
             } else {
                 $this->_source = $this->getSourceModel();
             }
-            $source = $this->_universalFactory->create($this->_source);
+            try {
+                $source = $this->_universalFactory->create($this->_source);
+                } catch (\ReflectionException $e) {
+                $source = false;
+                }
             if (!$source) {
                 throw new LocalizedException(
                     __(