diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.test.ts b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.test.ts
index c51fb935ea..822e74d7f8 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.test.ts
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ describe('Eager loading tree', () => {
     });
 
     expect(a.get('bs')).toHaveLength(2);
+    const data = a.toJSON();
+
+    // @ts-ignore
+    const as = A.model.associations.bs.oneFromTarget.as;
+
+    expect(data['bs'][0][as]).toBeDefined();
   });
 
   it('should handle fields filter', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/field-options/sort-by.test.ts b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/field-options/sort-by.test.ts
index 27afa11216..e9f1946064 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/field-options/sort-by.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/__tests__/field-options/sort-by.test.ts
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ describe('associated field order', () => {
     });
 
     const p1JSON = p1Result.toJSON();
+
     const p1Images = p1JSON['images'];
     expect(p1Images.map((i) => i['url'])).toEqual(['t2', 't1']);
   });
diff --git a/packages/core/database/src/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.ts b/packages/core/database/src/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.ts
index 49cdb2005a..da60ec53d4 100644
--- a/packages/core/database/src/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.ts
+++ b/packages/core/database/src/eager-loading/eager-loading-tree.ts
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export class EagerLoadingTree {
           const foreignKeyValues = node.parent.instances.map((instance) => instance.get(association.sourceKey));
 
           const pivotAssoc = new HasOne(association.target, association.through.model, {
-            as: '_pivot',
+            as: '_pivot_',
             foreignKey: association.otherKey,
             sourceKey: association.targetKey,
           });
@@ -252,9 +252,16 @@ export class EagerLoadingTree {
           const sourceKey = association.sourceKey;
           const foreignKey = association.foreignKey;
 
+          const as = association.oneFromTarget.as;
+
           for (const instance of node.instances) {
+            // set instance accessor
+            instance[as] = instance.dataValues[as] = instance['_pivot_'];
+            delete instance.dataValues['_pivot_'];
+            delete instance['_pivot_'];
+
             const parentInstance = node.parent.instances.find(
-              (parentInstance) => parentInstance.get(sourceKey) == instance['_pivot'].get(foreignKey),
+              (parentInstance) => parentInstance.get(sourceKey) == instance.dataValues[as].get(foreignKey),
             );
 
             if (parentInstance) {