diff --git a/lib/classes/SimpleORMap.php b/lib/classes/SimpleORMap.php
index d2cbcdca16652bdd22bebc2d50884fc20fd7d33f..f3993c2706e971e11f6d7fec511f99e52f92b121 100644
--- a/lib/classes/SimpleORMap.php
+++ b/lib/classes/SimpleORMap.php
@@ -2233,6 +2233,14 @@ class SimpleORMap implements ArrayAccess, Countable, IteratorAggregate
         if ($this->content[$field] === null || $this->content_db[$field] === null) {
             return $this->content[$field] !== $this->content_db[$field];
         } else if ($this->content[$field] instanceof I18NString || $this->content_db[$field] instanceof I18NString) {
+            // Trigger loading of translations
+            if ($this->content[$field] instanceof I18NString) {
+                $this->content[$field]->toArray();
+            }
+            if ($this->content_db[$field] instanceof I18NString) {
+                $this->content_db[$field]->toArray();
+            }
+
             return $this->content[$field] != $this->content_db[$field];
         } else {
             return (string)$this->content[$field] !== (string)$this->content_db[$field];
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/classes/SimpleOrMapNodbTest.php b/tests/unit/lib/classes/SimpleOrMapNodbTest.php
index 3ede1aa8e0ab7fd004a7f51373d207a7bcea7b90..9fa1eed3f62a2a68a468174222d5675217323654 100644
--- a/tests/unit/lib/classes/SimpleOrMapNodbTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/classes/SimpleOrMapNodbTest.php
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ class auth_user_md5 extends SimpleORMap
         $config['serialized_fields']['jsondata'] = 'JSONArrayObject';
         $config['notification_map']['after_store'] = 'auth_user_md5DidCreateOrUpdate';
 
-        $config['i18n_fields'] = ['i18n_field'];
-
         parent::configure($config);
     }
 
@@ -366,7 +364,14 @@ class SimpleOrMapNodbTest extends \Codeception\Test\Unit
         self::setupFixture();
 
         $result = [
-            'definition as list' => [new auth_user_md5()],
+            'definition as list' => [new class extends SimpleORMap {
+                protected static function configure($config = [])
+                {
+                    $config['db_table'] = 'auth_user_md5';
+                    $config['i18n_fields'] = ['i18n_field'];
+                    parent::configure($config);
+                }
+            }],
             'definition as associative array' => [new class extends SimpleORMap {
                 protected static function configure($config = [])
                 {