diff --git a/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php b/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php
--- a/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php
+++ b/src/applications/transactions/editengine/PhabricatorEditEngine.php
@@ -961,6 +961,11 @@
   }
 
   public function getAllEditTypes() {
+    $config = $this->loadEditEngineConfiguration(null);
+    if (!$config) {
+      return array();
+    }
+
     $object = $this->newEditableObject();
     $fields = $this->buildEditFields($object);
     return $this->getAllEditTypesFromFields($fields);