diff --git a/pystencils/field.py b/pystencils/field.py
index e56cc3bf1322af053ba6f516b07c60dee4690ead..e960144b4eee939e66f8cb08520ba15a96890772 100644
--- a/pystencils/field.py
+++ b/pystencils/field.py
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@ class Field:
             return Field.Access(self.field,
                                 tuple(sp.sympify(a).subs(old, new) for a in self.offsets),
                                 tuple(sp.sympify(a).subs(old, new) for a in self.index),
+                                is_absolute_access=self.is_absolute_access,
                                 dtype=self.dtype)
 
         @property