diff --git a/modules/field/field.crud.inc b/modules/field/field.crud.inc
index 311ccb0..8e370c0 100644
--- a/modules/field/field.crud.inc
+++ b/modules/field/field.crud.inc
@@ -258,9 +258,7 @@ function field_update_field($field) {
 
   // Collect the new storage information, since what is in
   // $prior_field may no longer be right.
-  module_load_install($field['module']);
-  $schema = (array) module_invoke($field['module'], 'field_schema', $field);
-  $schema += array('columns' => array(), 'indexes' => array(), 'foreign keys' => array());
+  $schema = field_retrieve_schema($field);
   // 'columns' are hardcoded in the field type.
   $field['columns'] = $schema['columns'];
   // 'foreign keys' are hardcoded in the field type.