diff --git a/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts b/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts
index ec00064f9..98f0f8cfb 100644
--- a/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts
+++ b/lib/vocabularies/discriminator/index.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const def: CodeKeywordDefinition = {
       for (let i = 0; i < oneOf.length; i++) {
         let sch = oneOf[i]
         if (sch?.$ref && !schemaHasRulesButRef(sch, it.self.RULES)) {
-          sch = resolveRef.call(it.self, it.schemaEnv, it.baseId, sch?.$ref)
+          sch = resolveRef.call(it.self, it.schemaEnv.root, it.baseId, sch?.$ref)
           if (sch instanceof SchemaEnv) sch = sch.schema
         }
         const propSch = sch?.properties?.[tagName]
diff --git a/spec/discriminator.spec.ts b/spec/discriminator.spec.ts
index e44d60de0..28ff12146 100644
--- a/spec/discriminator.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/discriminator.spec.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,88 @@ describe("discriminator keyword", function () {
     })
   })
 
+  describe("validation with deeply referenced schemas", () => {
+    const schema = [
+      {
+        type: "object",
+        properties: {
+          container: {
+            $ref: "#/definitions/Container",
+          },
+        },
+        definitions: {
+          BlockA: {
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+              _type: {
+                type: "string",
+                enum: ["a"],
+              },
+              a: {type: "string"},
+            },
+            additionalProperties: false,
+            required: ["_type"],
+            title: "BlockA",
+          },
+          BlockB: {
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+              _type: {
+                type: "string",
+                enum: ["b"],
+              },
+              b: {type: "string"},
+            },
+            additionalProperties: false,
+            required: ["_type"],
+            title: "BlockB",
+          },
+          Container: {
+            type: "object",
+            properties: {
+              list: {
+                type: "array",
+                items: {
+                  oneOf: [
+                    {
+                      $ref: "#/definitions/BlockA",
+                    },
+                    {
+                      $ref: "#/definitions/BlockB",
+                    },
+                  ],
+                  discriminator: {
+                    propertyName: "_type",
+                  },
+                },
+              },
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    ]
+
+    it("should validate data", () => {
+      assertValid(schema, {
+        container: {
+          list: [
+            {_type: "a", a: "foo"},
+            {_type: "b", b: "bar"},
+          ],
+        },
+      })
+
+      assertInvalid(schema, {
+        container: {
+          list: [
+            {_type: "a", b: "foo"},
+            {_type: "b", b: "bar"},
+          ],
+        },
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
   describe("valid schemas", () => {
     it("should have oneOf", () => {
       invalidSchema(