diff --git a/config/initializers/hexapdf.rb b/config/initializers/hexapdf.rb
index 2552cdaf..6897b41c 100644
--- a/config/initializers/hexapdf.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/hexapdf.rb
@@ -110,4 +110,32 @@ module HexaPDF
       end
     end
   end
+
+  module CycleSafeInheritedValue
+    def inherited_value(field, name)
+      seen = Set.new.compare_by_identity
+      seen << field.value
+
+      while field.value[name].nil? && (parent = field[:Parent]) && seen.add?(parent.value)
+        field = parent
+      end
+
+      field.value[name].nil? ? nil : field[name]
+    end
+  end
+
+  module CycleSafeFullFieldName
+    def full_field_name(seen = Set.new.compare_by_identity)
+      return field_name unless seen.add?(value)
+
+      if key?(:Parent)
+        [self[:Parent].full_field_name(seen), field_name].compact.join('.')
+      else
+        field_name
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
+
+HexaPDF::Type::AcroForm::Field.singleton_class.prepend(HexaPDF::CycleSafeInheritedValue)
+HexaPDF::Type::AcroForm::Field.prepend(HexaPDF::CycleSafeFullFieldName)
diff --git a/lib/templates/find_acro_fields.rb b/lib/templates/find_acro_fields.rb
index 7940145a..c59e381a 100644
--- a/lib/templates/find_acro_fields.rb
+++ b/lib/templates/find_acro_fields.rb
@@ -251,7 +251,9 @@ module Templates
             fields_index[annot.hash] ||= HexaPDF::Type::AcroForm::Field.wrap(pdf, annot)
           elsif annot.key?(:Parent)
             field = annot[:Parent]
-            field = field[:Parent] while field[:Parent]
+            seen = Set.new.compare_by_identity
+
+            field = field[:Parent] while field[:Parent] && seen.add?(field.value)
 
             annots_index[field.hash] ||= page
             fields_index[field.hash] ||= HexaPDF::Type::AcroForm::Field.wrap(pdf, field)