diff --git a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
index a12f986e04..0fbec4c9e3 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/dbserialize.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from collections import deque, OrderedDict, defaultdict
 from collections.abc import MutableSequence, MutableSet, MutableMapping
 
 try:
-    from pickle import dumps, loads
+    from pickle import dumps, loads, UnpicklingError
 except ImportError:
     from pickle import dumps, loads
 from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
@@ -633,12 +633,12 @@ def to_pickle(data):
         # not one of the base types
         if hasattr(item, "__serialize_dbobjs__"):
             # Allows custom serialization of any dbobjects embedded in
-            # the item that Evennia will otherwise not found (these would
+            # the item that Evennia will otherwise not find (these would
             # otherwise lead to an error). Use the dbserialize helper from
             # this method.
             try:
                 item.__serialize_dbobjs__()
-            except TypeError:
+            except TypeError as err:
                 # we catch typerrors so we can handle both classes (requiring
                 # classmethods) and instances
                 pass
@@ -725,9 +725,13 @@ def from_pickle(data, db_obj=None):
             # use the dbunserialize helper in this module.
             try:
                 item.__deserialize_dbobjs__()
-            except TypeError:
+            except (TypeError, UnpicklingError):
                 # handle recoveries both of classes (requiring classmethods
-                # or instances
+                # or instances. Unpickling errors can happen when re-loading the
+                # data from cache (because the hidden entity was already
+                # deserialized and stored back on the object, unpickling it
+                # again fails). TODO: Maybe one could avoid this retry in a
+                # more graceful way?
                 pass
 
         return item
diff --git a/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py b/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py
index 480893c466..5cd5ffceda 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/tests/test_dbserialize.py
@@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ class TestDbSerialize(TestCase):
     """
 
     def setUp(self):
-        self.obj = DefaultObject(
-            db_key="Tester",
-        )
+        self.obj = DefaultObject(db_key="Tester")
         self.obj.save()
 
     def test_constants(self):
@@ -117,3 +115,57 @@ class TestDbSerialize(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, {"a": [1, 2, 3]})
         self.obj.db.test |= {"b": [5, 6]}
         self.assertEqual(self.obj.db.test, {"a": [1, 2, 3], "b": [5, 6]})
+
+
+class _InvalidContainer:
+    """Container not saveable in Attribute (if obj is dbobj, it 'hides' it)"""
+    def __init__(self, obj):
+        self.hidden_obj = obj
+
+
+class _ValidContainer(_InvalidContainer):
+    """Container possible to save in Attribute (handles hidden dbobj explicitly)"""
+    def __serialize_dbobjs__(self):
+        self.hidden_obj = dbserialize.dbserialize(self.hidden_obj)
+    def __deserialize_dbobjs__(self):
+        self.hidden_obj = dbserialize.dbunserialize(self.hidden_obj)
+
+
+class DbObjWrappers(TestCase):
+    """
+    Test the `__serialize_dbobjs__` and `__deserialize_dbobjs__` methods.
+
+    """
+    def setUp(self):
+        super().setUp()
+        self.dbobj1 = DefaultObject(db_key="Tester1")
+        self.dbobj1.save()
+        self.dbobj2 = DefaultObject(db_key="Tester2")
+        self.dbobj2.save()
+
+    def test_dbobj_hidden_obj__fail(self):
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            self.dbobj1.db.testarg = _InvalidContainer(self.dbobj1)
+
+    def test_consecutive_fetch(self):
+        con =_ValidContainer(self.dbobj2)
+        self.dbobj1.db.testarg = con
+        attrobj = self.dbobj1.attributes.get("testarg", return_obj=True)
+
+        self.assertEqual(attrobj.value, con)
+        self.assertEqual(attrobj.value, con)
+        self.assertEqual(attrobj.value.hidden_obj, self.dbobj2)
+
+    def test_dbobj_hidden_obj__success(self):
+        con =_ValidContainer(self.dbobj2)
+        self.dbobj1.db.testarg = con
+
+        # accessing the same data twice
+        res1 = self.dbobj1.db.testarg
+        res2 = self.dbobj1.db.testarg
+
+        self.assertEqual(res1, res2)
+        self.assertEqual(res1, con)
+        self.assertEqual(res2, con)
+        self.assertEqual(res1.hidden_obj, self.dbobj2)
+        self.assertEqual(res2.hidden_obj, self.dbobj2)