diff --git a/src/ORM/DataObject.php b/src/ORM/DataObject.php
index bb82bc364..613dc1411 100644
--- a/src/ORM/DataObject.php
+++ b/src/ORM/DataObject.php
@@ -2721,6 +2721,11 @@ class DataObject extends ViewableData implements DataObjectInterface, i18nEntity
             return null;
         }
 
+        if (!isset($this->record[$fieldName]) && isset($this->record[$fieldName . '_Lazy'])) {
+            $tableClass = $this->record[$fieldName . '_Lazy'];
+            $this->loadLazyFields($tableClass);
+        }
+
         $value = isset($this->record[$fieldName])
             ? $this->record[$fieldName]
             : null;
diff --git a/tests/php/ORM/DataObjectLazyLoadingTest.php b/tests/php/ORM/DataObjectLazyLoadingTest.php
index 5e178a517..fdfeed5d4 100644
--- a/tests/php/ORM/DataObjectLazyLoadingTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/ORM/DataObjectLazyLoadingTest.php
@@ -150,6 +150,21 @@ class DataObjectLazyLoadingTest extends SapphireTest
         );
     }
 
+    public function testDBObjectLazyLoadedFields()
+    {
+        $subteam1 = $this->objFromFixture(SubTeam::class, 'subteam1');
+        $teams = DataObject::get(Team::class); // query parent class
+        $subteam1Lazy = $teams->find('ID', $subteam1->ID);
+
+        $subteam1DO = $subteam1->dbObject('SubclassDatabaseField');
+        $subteam1LazyDO = $subteam1Lazy->dbObject('SubclassDatabaseField');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(
+            $subteam1DO->getValue(),
+            $subteam1LazyDO->getValue()
+        );
+    }
+
     public function testLazyLoadedFieldsSetField()
     {
         $subteam1 = $this->objFromFixture(SubTeam::class, 'subteam1');