diff --git a/modules/field/views_handler_field_field.inc b/modules/field/views_handler_field_field.inc
index ef4f23a..905532b 100644
--- a/modules/field/views_handler_field_field.inc
+++ b/modules/field/views_handler_field_field.inc
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ class views_handler_field_field extends views_handler_field {
    */
   function access() {
     $base_table = $this->get_base_table();
-    return field_access('view', $this->field_info, $this->definition['entity_tables'][$base_table]);
+    $base_table_data = views_fetch_data($base_table);
+    $entity_type = $base_table_data['table']['entity type'];
+    return field_access('view', $this->field_info, $entity_type);
   }
 
   /**