diff --git a/scan.go b/scan.go
index 2ce6bd28..ad3734d8 100644
--- a/scan.go
+++ b/scan.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (db *DB) scanIntoStruct(rows Rows, reflectValue reflect.Value, values []int
 				relValue := joinFields[idx][0].ReflectValueOf(db.Statement.Context, reflectValue)
 				if relValue.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && relValue.IsNil() {
 					if value := reflect.ValueOf(values[idx]).Elem(); value.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && value.IsNil() {
-						return
+						continue
 					}
 
 					relValue.Set(reflect.New(relValue.Type().Elem()))
diff --git a/tests/joins_test.go b/tests/joins_test.go
index bb5352ef..4908e5ba 100644
--- a/tests/joins_test.go
+++ b/tests/joins_test.go
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestJoins(t *testing.T) {
-	user := *GetUser("joins-1", Config{Company: true, Manager: true, Account: true})
+	user := *GetUser("joins-1", Config{Company: true, Manager: true, Account: true, NamedPet: false})
 
 	DB.Create(&user)
 
 	var user2 User
-	if err := DB.Joins("Company").Joins("Manager").Joins("Account").First(&user2, "users.name = ?", user.Name).Error; err != nil {
+	if err := DB.Joins("NamedPet").Joins("Company").Joins("Manager").Joins("Account").First(&user2, "users.name = ?", user.Name).Error; err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to load with joins, got error: %v", err)
 	}