diff --git a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/BeanDocType.java b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/BeanDocType.java
index 33bcc3786..77a8f72d9 100644
--- a/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/BeanDocType.java
+++ b/ebean-api/src/main/java/io/ebean/plugin/BeanDocType.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public interface BeanDocType<T> {
    * build and replace the embedded list.
    */
   default FetchPath embeddedManyRoot(String path) {
-    return getEmbedded(path);
+    return getEmbeddedManyRoot(path);
   }
 
   /**