diff --git a/core/modules/wiki.js b/core/modules/wiki.js
index acc88d4fe..1d077fd67 100755
--- a/core/modules/wiki.js
+++ b/core/modules/wiki.js
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ exports.getTiddlerData = function(titleOrTiddler,defaultData) {
 Extract an indexed field from within a data tiddler
 */
 exports.extractTiddlerDataItem = function(titleOrTiddler,index,defaultText) {
-	var data = this.getTiddlerData(titleOrTiddler,Object.create(null)),
+	var data = this.getTiddlerDataCached(titleOrTiddler,Object.create(null)),
 		text;
 	if(data && $tw.utils.hop(data,index)) {
 		text = data[index];