diff --git a/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/main/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufField.java b/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/main/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufField.java
index 5bb4101748..c3ede2e62c 100644
--- a/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/main/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufField.java
+++ b/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/main/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufField.java
@@ -277,13 +277,18 @@ public class ProtobufField implements ProtobufElement {
       messageType = messageType.getNestedType(value);
     }
 
-    if (pathList.get(pathSize - 2) == DescriptorProto.FIELD_FIELD_NUMBER
-        && pathList.get(pathSize - 1) != DescriptorProto.RESERVED_RANGE_FIELD_NUMBER
-        && pathList.get(pathSize - 1) != DescriptorProto.RESERVED_NAME_FIELD_NUMBER) {
-      return messageType.getField(pathList.get(pathSize - 1));
-    } else {
-      return null;
+    int fieldIndex = pathList.get(pathList.size() - 1);
+    if (isFieldPath(pathList)
+        && pathSize % 2 == 0
+        && fieldIndex < messageType.getFieldList().size()) {
+      return messageType.getField(fieldIndex);
     }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isFieldPath(List<Integer> pathList) {
+    return pathList.get(pathList.size() - 2) == DescriptorProto.FIELD_FIELD_NUMBER;
   }
 
   private boolean isEnumType(List<Integer> pathList) {
diff --git a/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufFieldTest.java b/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufFieldTest.java
index 9508f4778e..40d54a8651 100644
--- a/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufFieldTest.java
+++ b/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/java/datahub/protobuf/model/ProtobufFieldTest.java
@@ -323,4 +323,36 @@ public class ProtobufFieldTest {
 
     assertEquals("Zip code, alphanumeric", addressField.getDescription());
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void nestedTypeReservedFieldsTest() throws IOException {
+    ProtobufDataset test = getTestProtobufDataset("extended_protobuf", "messageD");
+    SchemaMetadata testMetadata = test.getSchemaMetadata();
+
+    SchemaField msg3Field13 =
+        testMetadata.getFields().stream()
+            .filter(
+                v ->
+                    v.getFieldPath()
+                        .equals(
+                            "[version=2.0].[type=extended_protobuf_MyMsg]."
+                                + "[type=extended_protobuf_MyMsg_Msg3].field3.[type=google_protobuf_StringValue].msg3_13"))
+            .findFirst()
+            .orElseThrow();
+
+    assertEquals("test comment 13", msg3Field13.getDescription());
+
+    SchemaField msg3Field14 =
+        testMetadata.getFields().stream()
+            .filter(
+                v ->
+                    v.getFieldPath()
+                        .equals(
+                            "[version=2.0].[type=extended_protobuf_MyMsg]."
+                                + "[type=extended_protobuf_MyMsg_Msg3].field3.[type=google_protobuf_StringValue].msg3_14"))
+            .findFirst()
+            .orElseThrow();
+
+    assertEquals("test comment 14", msg3Field14.getDescription());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/resources/extended_protobuf/messageD.proto b/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/resources/extended_protobuf/messageD.proto
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4aaf80cf78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/metadata-integration/java/datahub-protobuf/src/test/resources/extended_protobuf/messageD.proto
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+syntax = "proto3";
+package extended_protobuf;
+
+import "google/protobuf/wrappers.proto";
+
+/*
+  MyMsg Message
+ */
+message MyMsg {
+  /*
+    Message 1
+   */
+  message Msg1 {
+    int32 msg1_id = 1;
+  }
+  Msg1 msg1_field = 1;
+
+  /*
+    Message 2
+   */
+  message Msg2 {
+    int32 msg2_id = 1;
+  }
+  Msg2 msg2_field = 2;
+
+  /*
+    Message 3
+  */
+  message Msg3 {
+    // test comment 1
+    google.protobuf.Int64Value msg3_1 = 1;
+    // test comment 2
+    google.protobuf.Int64Value msg3_2 = 2;
+    // test comment 3
+    google.protobuf.Int64Value msg3_3 = 3;
+    // test comment 4
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_4 = 4;
+    // test comment 5
+    reserved 5;
+    // test comment 6
+    reserved 6;
+
+    message Msg4 {
+      // msg4_1 comment
+      google.protobuf.Int32Value msg4_1 = 1;
+      // msg4_2 reserved
+      reserved 2;
+      // msg4_3 comment
+      google.protobuf.Int32Value msg4_3 = 3;
+
+      message Msg5 {
+        // msg5_1 comment
+        google.protobuf.Int32Value msg5_1 = 1;
+        // msg5_2 comment
+        google.protobuf.Int32Value msg5_2 = 2;
+        // msg5_3 comment
+        google.protobuf.Int32Value msg5_3 = 3;
+        // msg5_4 comment
+        google.protobuf.Int32Value msg5_4 = 4;
+        // reserved comment
+        reserved 5;
+        // msg5_6 comment
+        google.protobuf.Int32Value msg5_6 = 6;
+      }
+      // msg5 comment
+      Msg5 msg5 = 4;
+    }
+    // test comment 7
+    Msg4 msg4 = 7;
+    // test comment 8
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_8 = 8;
+    // test comment 9
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_9 = 9;
+    // test comment 10
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_10 = 10;
+    // test comment 11
+    reserved 11;
+    // test comment 12
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_12 = 12;
+    // test comment 13
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_13 = 13;
+    // test comment 14
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_14 = 14;
+    // test comment 15
+    google.protobuf.StringValue msg3_15 = 15;
+  }
+  // field 3
+  Msg3 field3 = 3;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03cb56b353
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