diff --git a/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjectUnitOfWork.cls b/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjectUnitOfWork.cls
index 1c38f657b6..d02ed40635 100644
--- a/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjectUnitOfWork.cls
+++ b/sfdx-source/apex-common/main/classes/fflib_SObjectUnitOfWork.cls
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ public virtual class fflib_SObjectUnitOfWork
 	{
 		for (Schema.SObjectType sObjectType : m_sObjectTypes)
 		{
+			m_relationships.get(sObjectType.getDescribe().getName()).resolve();
 			m_dml.dmlUpdate(m_dirtyMapByType.get(sObjectType.getDescribe().getName()).values());
 		}
 	}
@@ -897,7 +898,9 @@ public virtual class fflib_SObjectUnitOfWork
 
         public void resolve()
         {
-            this.Record.put( this.RelatedToField, this.RelatedTo.Id);
+            if (this.Record.get(this.RelatedToField) == null){
+                this.Record.put( this.RelatedToField, this.RelatedTo.Id);
+            }
         }
     }