diff --git a/packages/core/client/src/acl/ACLProvider.tsx b/packages/core/client/src/acl/ACLProvider.tsx
index c129d2e19f..690528db91 100644
--- a/packages/core/client/src/acl/ACLProvider.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/client/src/acl/ACLProvider.tsx
@@ -244,8 +244,8 @@ export const useACLFieldWhitelist = () => {
       if (!fieldSchema['x-collection-field']) {
         return true;
       }
-      const [, ...keys] = fieldSchema['x-collection-field'].split('.');
-      return whitelist?.includes(keys.join('.'));
+      const [key1, key2] = fieldSchema['x-collection-field'].split('.');
+      return whitelist?.includes(key2 || key1);
     },
   };
 };