diff --git a/src/Serialization/containers.jl b/src/Serialization/containers.jl
index 128673e7f21d..8081f034f1d8 100644
--- a/src/Serialization/containers.jl
+++ b/src/Serialization/containers.jl
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ end
 function load_object(s::DeserializerState, ::Type{<: Vector}, params::Type)
   load_node(s) do v
     if serialize_with_id(params)
-      loaded_v = params[load_ref(s, x) for x in v]
+      loaded_v::Vector{params} = load_array_node(s) do _
+        load_ref(s)
+      end
     else
       loaded_v = params[]
       for (i, entry) in enumerate(v)
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ end
 function load_object(s::DeserializerState, ::Type{<: Vector{params}}) where params
   load_node(s) do v
     if serialize_with_id(params)
-      loaded_v = params[load_ref(s, x) for x in v]
+      loaded_v::Vector{params} = load_array_node(s) do _
+        load_ref(s)
+      end
     else
       loaded_v = params[]
       for (i, entry) in enumerate(v)
diff --git a/test/Serialization/Fields.jl b/test/Serialization/Fields.jl
index 458c82607252..0d11ec0d275c 100644
--- a/test/Serialization/Fields.jl
+++ b/test/Serialization/Fields.jl
@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 @testset "Fields" begin
   mktempdir() do path
+    Qx, x = QQ["x"]
+    K1, _ = number_field(x^2 + 5)
+    K2, _ = number_field([x^2 + 5, x^2 + 7])
+    K3, _ = number_field(x^2 + 7)
+    Kt, t = polynomial_ring(K1, cached = false)
+    L1, = number_field(t^2 + 2)
+    L2, = number_field([t^2 + 2, t^2 + 3])
+    Kt, t = polynomial_ring(K2, cached = false)
+    L3, = number_field(t^2 + 2)
+    L4, = number_field([t^2 + 2, t^2 + 3])
+
     @testset "Field Embeddings" begin
-      Qx, x = QQ["x"]
-      K1, _ = number_field(x^2 + 5)
-      K2, _ = number_field([x^2 + 5, x^2 + 7])
-      Kt, t = polynomial_ring(K1, cached = false)
-      L1, = number_field(t^2 + 2)
-      L2, = number_field([t^2 + 2, t^2 + 3])
-      Kt, t = polynomial_ring(K2, cached = false)
-      L3, = number_field(t^2 + 2)
-      L4, = number_field([t^2 + 2, t^2 + 3])
       for K in (K1, K2, L1, L2, L3, L4)
         for E in complex_embeddings(K)
           test_save_load_roundtrip(path, E) do loaded
@@ -24,5 +26,12 @@
         end
       end
     end
+
+    @testset "Vector of Fields" begin
+      v = [K1, K3]
+      test_save_load_roundtrip(path, v) do loaded
+        @test loaded == v
+      end
+    end
   end
 end