diff --git a/modules/backend/classes/FormField.php b/modules/backend/classes/FormField.php
index 67b2fdacc..c67b6c5c6 100644
--- a/modules/backend/classes/FormField.php
+++ b/modules/backend/classes/FormField.php
@@ -395,4 +395,54 @@ class FormField
 
         return Str::evalHtmlId($id);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns this fields value from a supplied data set, which can be
+     * an array or a model or another generic collection.
+     * @param mixed $data
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function getValueFromData($data, $default = null)
+    {
+        $fieldName = $this->fieldName;
+
+        /*
+         * Array field name, eg: field[key][key2][key3]
+         */
+        $keyParts = Str::evalHtmlArray($fieldName);
+        $lastField = end($keyParts);
+        $result = $data;
+
+        /*
+         * Loop the field key parts and build a value.
+         * To support relations only the last field should return the
+         * relation value, all others will look up the relation object as normal.
+         */
+        foreach ($keyParts as $key) {
+
+            if ($result instanceof Model && $result->hasRelation($key)) {
+                if ($key == $lastField) {
+                    $result = $result->getRelationValue($key) ?: $default;
+                }
+                else {
+                    $result = $result->{$key};
+                }
+            }
+            elseif (is_array($result)) {
+                if (!array_key_exists($key, $result)) {
+                    return $default;
+                }
+                $result = $result[$key];
+            }
+            else {
+                if (!isset($result->{$key})) {
+                    return $default;
+                }
+                $result = $result->{$key};
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return $result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/backend/classes/FormWidgetBase.php b/modules/backend/classes/FormWidgetBase.php
index 1fb2be4b9..da539c723 100644
--- a/modules/backend/classes/FormWidgetBase.php
+++ b/modules/backend/classes/FormWidgetBase.php
@@ -103,13 +103,7 @@ abstract class FormWidgetBase extends WidgetBase
      */
     public function getLoadValue()
     {
-        list($model, $attribute) = $this->resolveModelAttribute($this->valueFrom);
-
-        if (!is_null($model)) {
-            return $model->{$attribute};
-        }
-
-        return null;
+        return $this->formField->getValueFromData($this->model);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/modules/backend/formwidgets/RecordFinder.php b/modules/backend/formwidgets/RecordFinder.php
index a2b57e5e8..3e94b77fb 100644
--- a/modules/backend/formwidgets/RecordFinder.php
+++ b/modules/backend/formwidgets/RecordFinder.php
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ class RecordFinder extends FormWidgetBase
      */
     public function prepareVars()
     {
-        // This should be a relation and return a Model
         $this->relationModel = $this->getLoadValue();
 
         $this->vars['value'] = $this->getKeyValue();
@@ -170,6 +169,20 @@ class RecordFinder extends FormWidgetBase
         return strlen($value) ? $value : null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * {@inheritDoc}
+     */
+    public function getLoadValue()
+    {
+        list($model, $attribute) = $this->resolveModelAttribute($this->valueFrom);
+
+        if (!is_null($model)) {
+            return $model->{$attribute};
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
     public function getKeyValue()
     {
         if (!$this->relationModel) {
diff --git a/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php b/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
index 445bf6eae..b9b388155 100644
--- a/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
+++ b/modules/backend/widgets/Form.php
@@ -709,49 +709,11 @@ class Form extends WidgetBase
             $field = $this->fields[$field];
         }
 
-        $fieldName = $field->fieldName;
         $defaultValue = (!$this->model->exists && $field->defaults !== '')
             ? $field->defaults
             : null;
 
-        /*
-         * Array field name, eg: field[key][key2][key3]
-         */
-        $keyParts = Str::evalHtmlArray($fieldName);
-        $lastField = end($keyParts);
-        $result = $this->data;
-
-        /*
-         * Loop the field key parts and build a value.
-         * To support relations only the last field should return the
-         * relation value, all others will look up the relation object as normal.
-         */
-        foreach ($keyParts as $key) {
-
-            if ($result instanceof Model && $result->hasRelation($key)) {
-                if ($key == $lastField) {
-                    $result = $result->getRelationValue($key) ?: $defaultValue;
-                }
-                else {
-                    $result = $result->{$key};
-                }
-            }
-            elseif (is_array($result)) {
-                if (!array_key_exists($key, $result)) {
-                    return $defaultValue;
-                }
-                $result = $result[$key];
-            }
-            else {
-                if (!isset($result->{$key})) {
-                    return $defaultValue;
-                }
-                $result = $result->{$key};
-            }
-
-        }
-
-        return $result;
+        return $field->getValueFromData($this->data, $defaultValue);
     }
 
     /**