diff --git a/model/DataList.php b/model/DataList.php
index 931419c25..721cedd50 100644
--- a/model/DataList.php
+++ b/model/DataList.php
@@ -668,6 +668,10 @@ class DataList extends ViewableData implements SS_List, SS_Filterable, SS_Sortab
 		return singleton($this->dataClass)->$relationName()->forForeignID($ids);
 	}
 
+	function dbObject($fieldName) {
+		return singleton($this->dataClass)->dbObject($fieldName);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Add a number of items to the component set.
 	 * 
diff --git a/model/DataObject.php b/model/DataObject.php
index 4a5add52a..024a01e15 100644
--- a/model/DataObject.php
+++ b/model/DataObject.php
@@ -2404,7 +2404,12 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 			// Traverse dot syntax
 			$component = $this;
 			foreach($parts as $relation) {
-				$component = $component->$relation();
+				if($component instanceof SS_List) {
+					if(method_exists($component,$relation)) $component = $component->$relation();
+					else $component = $component->relation($relation);
+				} else {
+					$component = $component->$relation();
+				}
 			}
 
 			$object = $component->dbObject($fieldName);
@@ -2436,7 +2441,12 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
 			// Traverse dot syntax
 			$component = $this;
 			foreach($parts as $relation) {
-				$component = $component->$relation();
+				if($component instanceof SS_List) {
+					if(method_exists($component,$relation)) $component = $component->$relation();
+					else $component = $component->relation($relation);
+				} else {
+					$component = $component->$relation();
+				}
 			}
 
 			return $component->$fieldName;