diff --git a/mongoengine/base/document.py b/mongoengine/base/document.py
index cea2f09b..86838226 100644
--- a/mongoengine/base/document.py
+++ b/mongoengine/base/document.py
@@ -755,6 +755,9 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
         """Lookup a field based on its attribute and return a list containing
         the field's parents and the field.
         """
+
+        from mongoengine.fields import ListField
+
         if not isinstance(parts, (list, tuple)):
             parts = [parts]
         fields = []
@@ -762,7 +765,7 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
 
         for field_name in parts:
             # Handle ListField indexing:
-            if field_name.isdigit() and hasattr(field, 'field'):
+            if field_name.isdigit() and isinstance(field, ListField):
                 new_field = field.field
                 fields.append(field_name)
                 continue
diff --git a/tests/queryset/queryset.py b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
index 4b2ec6b4..d09f19cd 100644
--- a/tests/queryset/queryset.py
+++ b/tests/queryset/queryset.py
@@ -3388,6 +3388,17 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(1, MyDoc.objects.update_one(upsert=True, inc__47=1))
         self.assertEqual(MyDoc.objects.get()['47'], 1)
 
+    def test_dictfield_key_looks_like_a_digit(self):
+        """Only should work with DictField even if they have numeric keys."""
+
+        class MyDoc(Document):
+            test = DictField()
+
+        MyDoc.drop_collection()
+        doc = MyDoc(test={'47': 1})
+        doc.save()
+        self.assertEqual(MyDoc.objects.only('test__47').get().test['47'], 1)
+
     def test_read_preference(self):
         class Bar(Document):
             pass