diff --git a/src/fields/richText/populate.ts b/src/fields/richText/populate.ts
index 82382da21..9fd4f5c02 100644
--- a/src/fields/richText/populate.ts
+++ b/src/fields/richText/populate.ts
@@ -31,16 +31,16 @@ export const populate = async ({
 }): Promise<void> => {
   const dataRef = data as Record<string, unknown>;
 
-  const doc = await req.payload.findByID({
-    req,
-    collection: collection.config.slug,
+  const doc = await req.payloadDataLoader.load(JSON.stringify([
+    collection.config.slug,
     id,
-    currentDepth: currentDepth + 1,
-    overrideAccess: typeof overrideAccess === 'undefined' ? false : overrideAccess,
-    disableErrors: true,
     depth,
+    currentDepth + 1,
+    req.locale,
+    req.fallbackLocale,
+    typeof overrideAccess === 'undefined' ? false : overrideAccess,
     showHiddenFields,
-  });
+  ]));
 
   if (doc) {
     dataRef[key] = doc;
diff --git a/test/dataloader/config.ts b/test/dataloader/config.ts
index 551a84b5a..74fe92219 100644
--- a/test/dataloader/config.ts
+++ b/test/dataloader/config.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,42 @@ export default buildConfig({
 
       ],
     },
+    {
+      slug: 'relation-a',
+      labels: {
+        singular: 'Relation A',
+        plural: 'Relation As',
+      },
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'relationship',
+          type: 'relationship',
+          relationTo: 'relation-b',
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'richText',
+          type: 'richText',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      slug: 'relation-b',
+      labels: {
+        singular: 'Relation B',
+        plural: 'Relation Bs',
+      },
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'relationship',
+          type: 'relationship',
+          relationTo: 'relation-a',
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'richText',
+          type: 'richText',
+        },
+      ],
+    },
   ],
   onInit: async (payload) => {
     const user = await payload.create({
diff --git a/test/dataloader/int.spec.ts b/test/dataloader/int.spec.ts
index 32459eb88..7600ec509 100644
--- a/test/dataloader/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/dataloader/int.spec.ts
@@ -49,5 +49,88 @@ describe('dataloader', () => {
       const { docs } = response.Posts;
       expect(docs[0].title).toStrictEqual(postDoc.title);
     });
+
+    it('should avoid infinite loops', async () => {
+      const relationA = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'relation-a',
+        data: {
+          richText: [
+            {
+              children: [
+                {
+                  text: 'relation a',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+
+      const relationB = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'relation-b',
+        data: {
+          relationship: relationA.id,
+          richText: [
+            {
+              children: [
+                {
+                  text: 'relation b',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+
+      expect(relationA.id).toBeDefined();
+      expect(relationB.id).toBeDefined();
+
+      await payload.update({
+        collection: 'relation-a',
+        id: relationA.id,
+        data: {
+          relationship: relationB.id,
+          richText: [
+            {
+              children: [
+                {
+                  text: 'relation a',
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+            {
+              children: [
+                {
+                  text: '',
+                },
+              ],
+              type: 'relationship',
+              value: {
+                id: relationB.id,
+              },
+              relationTo: 'relation-b',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      });
+
+      const relationANoDepth = await payload.findByID({
+        collection: 'relation-a',
+        id: relationA.id,
+        depth: 0,
+      });
+
+      expect(relationANoDepth.relationship).toStrictEqual(relationB.id);
+
+      const relationAWithDepth = await payload.findByID({
+        collection: 'relation-a',
+        id: relationA.id,
+        depth: 4,
+      });
+
+      const innerMostRelationship = relationAWithDepth.relationship.relationship.richText[1].value.relationship.relationship;
+
+      expect(typeof innerMostRelationship).toStrictEqual(relationB.id);
+    });
   });
 });