diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
index cd5005f852..4ea37b93e0 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -347,6 +347,22 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
                 } as FormFieldModel
               ]
             },
+            {
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  selectableMetadata: [{ metadata: 'scoped.workflow.relation' }],
+                  scope: 'WORKFLOW',
+                } as FormFieldModel,
+              ],
+            },
+            {
+              fields: [
+                {
+                  selectableMetadata: [{ metadata: 'scoped.workspace.relation' }],
+                  scope: 'WORKSPACE',
+                } as FormFieldModel,
+              ],
+            },
             {
               fields: [
                 {
@@ -375,6 +391,14 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
         it('should return false for fields scoped to workflow', () => {
           expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workflow')).toBe(false);
         });
+
+        it('should return true for relation fields scoped to workspace', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workspace.relation')).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return false for relation fields scoped to workflow', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workflow.relation')).toBe(false);
+        });
       });
 
       describe('in workflow scope', () => {
@@ -394,6 +418,14 @@ describe('SubmissionSectionFormComponent test suite', () => {
         it('should return false for fields scoped to workspace', () => {
           expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workspace')).toBe(false);
         });
+
+        it('should return true for relation fields scoped to workflow', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workflow.relation')).toBe(true);
+        });
+
+        it('should return false for relation fields scoped to workspace', () => {
+          expect((comp as any).inCurrentSubmissionScope('scoped.workspace.relation')).toBe(false);
+        });
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
index ed7573799f..59f8ba09e5 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { WorkflowItem } from '../../../core/submission/models/workflowitem.model
 import { SubmissionObject } from '../../../core/submission/models/submission-object.model';
 import { SubmissionSectionObject } from '../../objects/submission-section-object.model';
 import { SubmissionSectionError } from '../../objects/submission-section-error.model';
+import { FormRowModel } from '../../../core/config/models/config-submission-form.model';
 
 /**
  * This component represents a section that contains a Form.
@@ -255,9 +256,15 @@ export class SubmissionSectionFormComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
    * @private
    */
   private inCurrentSubmissionScope(field: string): boolean {
-    const scope = this.formConfig?.rows.find(row => {
-      return row.fields?.[0]?.selectableMetadata?.[0]?.metadata === field;
-    }).fields?.[0]?.scope;
+    const scope = this.formConfig?.rows.find((row: FormRowModel) => {
+      if (row.fields?.[0]?.selectableMetadata) {
+        return row.fields?.[0]?.selectableMetadata?.[0]?.metadata === field;
+      } else if (row.fields?.[0]?.selectableRelationship) {
+        return row.fields?.[0]?.selectableRelationship.relationshipType === field.replace(/^relationship\./g, '');
+      } else {
+        return false;
+      }
+    })?.fields?.[0]?.scope;
 
     switch (scope) {
       case SubmissionScopeType.WorkspaceItem: {