diff --git a/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts b/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts
index 13de8b968..56e2431d5 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-linker.ts
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ export class ZModelLinker extends DefaultLinker {
         container: AstNode,
         property: string,
         document: LangiumDocument,
-        extraScopes: ScopeProvider[],
-        onlyFromExtraScopes = false
+        extraScopes: ScopeProvider[]
     ) {
         if (this.resolveFromScopeProviders(container, property, document, extraScopes)) {
             return;
@@ -106,17 +105,7 @@ export class ZModelLinker extends DefaultLinker {
 
         // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
         const reference: DefaultReference = (container as any)[property];
-
-        if (onlyFromExtraScopes) {
-            // if reference is not resolved from explicit scope providers and automatic linking is not allowed,
-            // we should explicitly create a linking error
-            reference._ref = this.createLinkingError({ reference, container, property });
-
-            // Add the reference to the document's array of references
-            document.references.push(reference);
-        } else {
-            this.doLink({ reference, container, property }, document);
-        }
+        this.doLink({ reference, container, property }, document);
     }
 
     //#endregion
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-scope.ts b/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-scope.ts
index 9d685db27..48cf77995 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-scope.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/language-server/zmodel-scope.ts
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ export class ZModelScopeProvider extends DefaultScopeProvider {
         if (model) {
             const authModel = getAuthModel(getDataModels(model, true));
             if (authModel) {
-                return this.createScopeForNodes(authModel.fields, globalScope);
+                return this.createScopeForModel(authModel, globalScope);
             }
         }
         return EMPTY_SCOPE;
diff --git a/tests/integration/tests/regression/issue-1179.test.ts b/tests/integration/tests/regression/issue-1179.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d5fd8d99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/tests/regression/issue-1179.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { loadModel } from '@zenstackhq/testtools';
+
+describe('issue 1179', () => {
+    it('regression', async () => {
+        await loadModel(
+            `
+            abstract model Base {
+              id String @id @default(uuid())
+            }
+            
+            model User extends Base {
+              email String
+              posts Post[]
+              @@allow('all', auth() == this)
+            }
+            
+            model Post {
+              id String @id @default(uuid())
+            
+              user User @relation(fields: [userId], references: [id])
+              userId String
+              @@allow('all', auth().id == userId)
+            }
+            `
+        );
+    });
+});