diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/related.py b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
index c4cd1c4d83..96d1438282 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/related.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/related.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class ReverseSingleRelatedObjectDescriptor(object):
             else:
                 other_field = self.field.rel.get_related_field()
                 if other_field.rel:
-                    params = {'%s__pk' % self.field.rel.field_name: val}
+                    params = {'%s__%s' % (self.field.rel.field_name, other_field.rel.field_name): val}
                 else:
                     params = {'%s__exact' % self.field.rel.field_name: val}
                 qs = self.get_query_set(instance=instance)
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/models.py b/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/models.py
index f30b3eecd7..aca6d44837 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/models.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/models.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ CHOICES = (
     (2, 'second'),
 )
 
+
 class Article(models.Model):
     headline = models.CharField(max_length=100, default='Default headline')
     pub_date = models.DateTimeField()
@@ -15,24 +16,28 @@ class Article(models.Model):
     article_text = models.TextField()
 
     class Meta:
-        ordering = ('pub_date','headline')
+        ordering = ('pub_date', 'headline')
         # A utf-8 verbose name (Ångström's Articles) to test they are valid.
         verbose_name = "\xc3\x85ngstr\xc3\xb6m's Articles"
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.headline
 
+
 class Movie(models.Model):
     #5218: Test models with non-default primary keys / AutoFields
     movie_id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=60)
 
+
 class Party(models.Model):
     when = models.DateField(null=True)
 
+
 class Event(models.Model):
     when = models.DateTimeField()
 
+
 class Department(models.Model):
     id = models.PositiveIntegerField(primary_key=True)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
@@ -40,6 +45,7 @@ class Department(models.Model):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
 
+
 class Worker(models.Model):
     department = models.ForeignKey(Department)
     name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ class Worker(models.Model):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
 
+
 class BrokenUnicodeMethod(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=7)
 
@@ -55,5 +62,19 @@ class BrokenUnicodeMethod(models.Model):
         # object).
         return 'Názov: %s' % self.name
 
+
 class NonAutoPK(models.Model):
     name = models.CharField(max_length=10, primary_key=True)
+
+
+#18432: Chained foreign keys with to_field produce incorrect query
+class Model1(models.Model):
+    pkey = models.IntegerField(unique=True, db_index=True)
+
+
+class Model2(models.Model):
+    model1 = models.ForeignKey(Model1, unique=True, to_field='pkey')
+
+
+class Model3(models.Model):
+    model2 = models.ForeignKey(Model2, unique=True, to_field='model1')
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/tests.py
index 7ba9d421d7..7f9f514c7a 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/model_regress/tests.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ from django.test import TestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
 from django.utils import tzinfo
 
 from .models import (Worker, Article, Party, Event, Department,
-    BrokenUnicodeMethod, NonAutoPK)
-
+    BrokenUnicodeMethod, NonAutoPK, Model1, Model2, Model3)
 
 
 class ModelTests(TestCase):
@@ -47,7 +46,7 @@ class ModelTests(TestCase):
         a = Article.objects.create(
             headline="Really, really big",
             pub_date=datetime.datetime.now(),
-            article_text = "ABCDE" * 1000
+            article_text="ABCDE" * 1000
         )
         a = Article.objects.get(pk=a.pk)
         self.assertEqual(len(a.article_text), 5000)
@@ -164,6 +163,19 @@ class ModelTests(TestCase):
             1
         )
 
+    def test_chained_fks(self):
+        """
+        Regression for #18432: Chained foreign keys with to_field produce incorrect query
+        """
+
+        m1 = Model1.objects.create(pkey=1000)
+        m2 = Model2.objects.create(model1=m1)
+        m3 = Model3.objects.create(model2=m2)
+
+        # this is the actual test for #18432
+        m3 = Model3.objects.get(model2=1000)
+        m3.model2
+
 
 class ModelValidationTest(TestCase):
     def test_pk_validation(self):