diff --git a/packages/drizzle/src/transform/write/traverseFields.ts b/packages/drizzle/src/transform/write/traverseFields.ts
index dd3ba349e59..6834c1184bd 100644
--- a/packages/drizzle/src/transform/write/traverseFields.ts
+++ b/packages/drizzle/src/transform/write/traverseFields.ts
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ export const traverseFields = ({
         existingLocales,
         fieldPrefix,
         fields: field.fields,
+        forcedLocale,
         locales,
         numbers,
         parentTableName,
diff --git a/test/localization/collections/Group/index.ts b/test/localization/collections/Group/index.ts
index 47caceda872..d33fb5c4bb6 100644
--- a/test/localization/collections/Group/index.ts
+++ b/test/localization/collections/Group/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,26 @@
-import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload/types'
+import type { CollectionConfig } from 'payload'
 
 export const groupSlug = 'groups'
 
 export const Group: CollectionConfig = {
   slug: groupSlug,
   fields: [
+    {
+      name: 'groupLocalizedRow',
+      type: 'group',
+      localized: true,
+      fields: [
+        {
+          type: 'row',
+          fields: [
+            {
+              name: 'text',
+              type: 'text',
+            },
+          ],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
     {
       name: 'groupLocalized',
       type: 'group',
@@ -16,6 +32,7 @@ export const Group: CollectionConfig = {
       ],
       localized: true,
     },
+
     {
       name: 'group',
       type: 'group',
diff --git a/test/localization/int.spec.ts b/test/localization/int.spec.ts
index 3c2c1cb0326..4598952664a 100644
--- a/test/localization/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/localization/int.spec.ts
@@ -1452,6 +1452,42 @@ describe('Localization', () => {
       expect(docEs.deep.blocks[0].title).toBe('hello es')
     })
 
+    it('should create/updated/read localized group with row field', async () => {
+      const doc = await payload.create({
+        collection: 'groups',
+        data: {
+          groupLocalizedRow: {
+            text: 'hello world',
+          },
+        },
+        locale: 'en',
+      })
+
+      expect(doc.groupLocalizedRow.text).toBe('hello world')
+
+      const docES = await payload.update({
+        collection: 'groups',
+        data: {
+          groupLocalizedRow: {
+            text: 'hola world or something',
+          },
+        },
+        locale: 'es',
+        id: doc.id,
+      })
+
+      expect(docES.groupLocalizedRow.text).toBe('hola world or something')
+
+      // check if docES didnt break EN
+      const docEN = await payload.findByID({ collection: 'groups', id: doc.id, locale: 'en' })
+      expect(docEN.groupLocalizedRow.text).toBe('hello world')
+
+      const all = await payload.findByID({ collection: 'groups', id: doc.id, locale: 'all' })
+
+      expect(all.groupLocalizedRow.en.text).toBe('hello world')
+      expect(all.groupLocalizedRow.es.text).toBe('hola world or something')
+    })
+
     it('should properly create/update/read localized tab field', async () => {
       const result = await payload.create({
         collection: tabSlug,
diff --git a/test/localization/payload-types.ts b/test/localization/payload-types.ts
index ef01c5059b8..07df3c3d944 100644
--- a/test/localization/payload-types.ts
+++ b/test/localization/payload-types.ts
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ export interface Group {
   groupLocalized?: {
     title?: string | null;
   };
+  groupLocalizedRow?: {
+    text?: string | null;
+  };
   group?: {
     title?: string | null;
   };