diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetFieldServiceBean.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetFieldServiceBean.java
index 91150b79505..ded7c83de62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetFieldServiceBean.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/DatasetFieldServiceBean.java
@@ -891,6 +891,10 @@ public List<DatasetFieldType> findAllDisplayedOnCreateInMetadataBlock(MetadataBl
     }
 
     public List<DatasetFieldType> findAllInMetadataBlockAndDataverse(MetadataBlock metadataBlock, Dataverse dataverse, boolean onlyDisplayedOnCreate) {
+        if (!dataverse.isMetadataBlockRoot() && dataverse.getOwner() != null) {
+            return findAllInMetadataBlockAndDataverse(metadataBlock, dataverse.getOwner(), onlyDisplayedOnCreate);
+        }
+
         CriteriaBuilder criteriaBuilder = em.getCriteriaBuilder();
         CriteriaQuery<DatasetFieldType> criteriaQuery = criteriaBuilder.createQuery(DatasetFieldType.class);
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java
index 6a040f27786..31a6c60bef9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/api/DataversesIT.java
@@ -911,6 +911,17 @@ public void testListMetadataBlocks() {
         createDataverseResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(CREATED.getStatusCode());
         String dataverseAlias = UtilIT.getAliasFromResponse(createDataverseResponse);
 
+        // New Dataverse should return just the citation block and its displayOnCreate fields when onlyDisplayedOnCreate=true and returnDatasetFieldTypes=true
+        Response listMetadataBlocks = UtilIT.listMetadataBlocks(dataverseAlias, true, true, apiToken);
+        listMetadataBlocks.prettyPrint();
+        listMetadataBlocks.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());
+        listMetadataBlocks.then().assertThat()
+                .statusCode(OK.getStatusCode())
+                .body("data.size()", equalTo(1))
+                .body("data[0].name", is("citation"))
+                .body("data[0].fields.title.displayOnCreate", equalTo(true))
+                .body("data[0].fields.size()", is(28));
+
         Response setMetadataBlocksResponse = UtilIT.setMetadataBlocks(dataverseAlias, Json.createArrayBuilder().add("citation").add("astrophysics"), apiToken);
         setMetadataBlocksResponse.then().assertThat().statusCode(OK.getStatusCode());