diff --git a/packages/payload/src/utilities/traverseFields.ts b/packages/payload/src/utilities/traverseFields.ts
index 9e7fb8b1d..766accef3 100644
--- a/packages/payload/src/utilities/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/packages/payload/src/utilities/traverseFields.ts
@@ -416,20 +416,11 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
           })
         ) {
           if (Array.isArray(currentRef)) {
-            return
-          }
-
-          for (const key in currentRef as Record<string, unknown>) {
-            const localeData = currentRef[key as keyof typeof currentRef]
-            if (!Array.isArray(localeData)) {
-              continue
-            }
-
             traverseArrayOrBlocksField({
               callback,
               callbackStack,
               config,
-              data: localeData,
+              data: currentRef,
               field,
               fillEmpty,
               leavesFirst,
@@ -437,6 +428,26 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
               parentPath,
               parentRef: currentParentRef,
             })
+          } else {
+            for (const key in currentRef as Record<string, unknown>) {
+              const localeData = currentRef[key as keyof typeof currentRef]
+              if (!Array.isArray(localeData)) {
+                continue
+              }
+
+              traverseArrayOrBlocksField({
+                callback,
+                callbackStack,
+                config,
+                data: localeData,
+                field,
+                fillEmpty,
+                leavesFirst,
+                parentIsLocalized: true,
+                parentPath,
+                parentRef: currentParentRef,
+              })
+            }
           }
         } else if (Array.isArray(currentRef)) {
           traverseArrayOrBlocksField({
diff --git a/test/localization/collections/Blocks/index.ts b/test/localization/collections/Blocks/index.ts
index 10cd389b0..687bea5e2 100644
--- a/test/localization/collections/Blocks/index.ts
+++ b/test/localization/collections/Blocks/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,30 @@ export const blocksCollectionSlug = 'blocks-fields'
 
 export const BlocksCollection: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: blocksCollectionSlug,
+  versions: { drafts: true },
   fields: [
+    {
+      type: 'tabs',
+      tabs: [
+        {
+          label: 'Tab',
+          fields: [
+            {
+              name: 'tabContent',
+              label: 'Content',
+              type: 'blocks',
+              localized: true,
+              blocks: [
+                {
+                  slug: 'blockInsideTab',
+                  fields: [{ type: 'text', name: 'text' }],
+                },
+              ],
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       name: 'content',
       label: 'Content',
diff --git a/test/localization/int.spec.ts b/test/localization/int.spec.ts
index 175ed1f00..9ca29c336 100644
--- a/test/localization/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/localization/int.spec.ts
@@ -2903,7 +2903,7 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
         })
 
         const req = await createLocalReq({ user }, payload)
-
+        global.d = true
         const res = (await copyDataFromLocaleHandler({
           fromLocale: 'en',
           req,
@@ -2915,6 +2915,36 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
         expect(res.content?.[0]?.content?.[0]?.text).toBe('some-text')
       })
 
+      it('should copy block inside tab to locale', async () => {
+        // This was previously an e2e test but it was migrated to int
+        // because at the moment only int tests run in Postgres in CI,
+        // and that's where the bug occurs.
+        const doc = await payload.create({
+          collection: 'blocks-fields',
+          locale: 'en',
+          data: {
+            tabContent: [
+              {
+                blockType: 'blockInsideTab',
+                text: 'some-text',
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        })
+
+        const req = await createLocalReq({ user }, payload)
+        global.d = true
+        const res = (await copyDataFromLocaleHandler({
+          fromLocale: 'en',
+          req,
+          toLocale: 'pt',
+          docID: doc.id,
+          collectionSlug: 'blocks-fields',
+        })) as BlocksField
+
+        expect(res.tabContent?.[0]?.text).toBe('some-text')
+      })
+
       it('should copy localized nested to arrays', async () => {
         const doc = await payload.create({
           collection: 'nested',
diff --git a/test/localization/payload-types.ts b/test/localization/payload-types.ts
index 54b0d0903..dead59bd4 100644
--- a/test/localization/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/localization/payload-types.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,14 @@ export interface RichText {
  */
 export interface BlocksField {
   id: string;
+  tabContent?:
+    | {
+        text?: string | null;
+        id?: string | null;
+        blockName?: string | null;
+        blockType: 'blockInsideTab';
+      }[]
+    | null;
   content?:
     | {
         content?:
@@ -217,6 +225,7 @@ export interface BlocksField {
     | null;
   updatedAt: string;
   createdAt: string;
+  _status?: ('draft' | 'published') | null;
 }
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
@@ -877,6 +886,17 @@ export interface RichTextSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
  * via the `definition` "blocks-fields_select".
  */
 export interface BlocksFieldsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
+  tabContent?:
+    | T
+    | {
+        blockInsideTab?:
+          | T
+          | {
+              text?: T;
+              id?: T;
+              blockName?: T;
+            };
+      };
   content?:
     | T
     | {
@@ -910,6 +930,7 @@ export interface BlocksFieldsSelect<T extends boolean = true> {
       };
   updatedAt?: T;
   createdAt?: T;
+  _status?: T;
 }
 /**
  * This interface was referenced by `Config`'s JSON-Schema
@@ -1499,6 +1520,6 @@ export interface Auth {
 
 
 declare module 'payload' {
-  // @ts-ignore
+  // @ts-ignore 
   export interface GeneratedTypes extends Config {}
-}
+}
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