diff --git a/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js b/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js
index ca142134..7d0aa45e 100644
--- a/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js
+++ b/spec/MongoTransform.spec.js
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@ describe('mongoObjectToParseObject', () => {
 
   it('pointer', (done) => {
     var input = {_p_userPointer: '_User$123'};
-    var output = transform.mongoObjectToParseObject(dummySchema, null, input);
+    var output = transform.mongoObjectToParseObject(dummySchema, null, input, {
+      fields: { userPointer: { type: 'Pointer', targetClass: '_User' } },
+    });
     expect(typeof output.userPointer).toEqual('object');
     expect(output.userPointer).toEqual(
       {__type: 'Pointer', className: '_User', objectId: '123'}
@@ -142,7 +144,9 @@ describe('mongoObjectToParseObject', () => {
 
   it('null pointer', (done) => {
     var input = {_p_userPointer: null};
-    var output = transform.mongoObjectToParseObject(dummySchema, null, input);
+    var output = transform.mongoObjectToParseObject(dummySchema, null, input, {
+      fields: { userPointer: { type: 'Pointer', targetClass: '_User' } },
+    });
     expect(output.userPointer).toBeUndefined();
     done();
   });
diff --git a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
index 7708ed38..2af26933 100644
--- a/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
+++ b/src/Adapters/Storage/Mongo/MongoTransform.js
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ const mongoObjectToParseObject = (schemaController, className, mongoObject, sche
           if (schemaController && schemaController.getExpectedType) {
             expected = schemaController.getExpectedType(className, newKey);
           }
-          if (!expected) {
+          if (!schema.fields[newKey]) {
             log.info('transform.js',
               'Found a pointer column not in the schema, dropping it.',
               className, newKey);