diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 52811b9445..60baa3f831 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
     Robin Munn <http://www.geekforgod.com/>
     Robert Myers <myer0052@gmail.com>
     Nebojša Dorđević
+    Gopal Narayanan <gopastro@gmail.com>
     Fraser Nevett <mail@nevett.org>
     Sam Newman <http://www.magpiebrain.com/>
     Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@google.com>
diff --git a/django/core/management.py b/django/core/management.py
index d2f0d1e837..4e6a5f45b3 100644
--- a/django/core/management.py
+++ b/django/core/management.py
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ def _get_sql_model_create(model, known_models=set()):
     for f in opts.fields:
         if isinstance(f, (models.ForeignKey, models.OneToOneField)):
             rel_field = f.rel.get_related_field()
+            while isinstance(rel_field, (models.ForeignKey, models.OneToOneField)):
+                rel_field = rel_field.rel.get_related_field()
             data_type = get_rel_data_type(rel_field)
         else:
             rel_field = f