diff --git a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbAccess.c b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbAccess.c
index 3f7554a58..d50b2561d 100644
--- a/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbAccess.c
+++ b/modules/database/src/ioc/db/dbAccess.c
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ long dbGet(DBADDR *paddr, short dbrType,
             goto done;
         }
 
-        if (!pfl) {
+        if (!dbfl_has_copy(pfl)) {
             status = dbFastGetConvertRoutine[field_type][dbrType]
                 (paddr->pfield, pbuf, paddr);
         } else {
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ long dbGet(DBADDR *paddr, short dbrType,
         /* convert data into the caller's buffer */
         if (n <= 0) {
             ;                           /*do nothing */
-        } else if (!pfl) {
+        } else if (!dbfl_has_copy(pfl)) {
             status = convert(paddr, pbuf, n, capacity, offset);
         } else {
             DBADDR localAddr = *paddr; /* Structure copy */