diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/useReferenceArrayFieldController.ts b/packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/useReferenceArrayFieldController.ts
index 1817942b0b8..2432b3e1bc2 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/useReferenceArrayFieldController.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/controller/field/useReferenceArrayFieldController.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
-import { useEffect } from 'react';
-import { useDispatch, useSelector, shallowEqual } from 'react-redux';
+import { useMemo } from 'react';
 import get from 'lodash/get';
 
-import { crudGetManyAccumulate } from '../../actions';
-import { getReferencesByIds } from '../../reducer/admin/references/oneToMany';
-import { ReduxState, Record, RecordMap, Identifier } from '../../types';
+import { Record, RecordMap, Identifier } from '../../types';
+import { useGetMany } from '../../dataProvider';
 
 /**
  * @typedef ReferenceArrayProps
  * @type {Object}
- * @property {boolean} loaded: boolean indicating if the reference has already beeen loaded
- * @property {Array} ids: the list of ids.
- * @property {Object} data: Object holding the reference data by their ids
+ * @property {Array} ids the list of ids.
+ * @property {Object} data Object holding the reference data by their ids
+ * @property {Object} error the error returned by the dataProvider
+ * @property {boolean} loading is the reference currently loading
+ * @property {boolean} loaded has the reference already been loaded
  * @property {string} referenceBasePath basePath of the reference
  */
 interface ReferenceArrayProps {
-    loaded: boolean;
     ids: Identifier[];
     data: RecordMap;
+    error?: any;
+    loading: boolean;
+    loaded: boolean;
     referenceBasePath: string;
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ interface Option {
  *
  * @example
  *
- * const { loaded, data, ids, referenceBasePath, currentSort } = useReferenceArrayFieldController({
+ * const { ids, data, error, loaded, loading, referenceBasePath } = useReferenceArrayFieldController({
  *      basePath: 'resource';
  *      record: { referenceIds: ['id1', 'id2']};
  *      reference: 'reference';
@@ -61,34 +63,25 @@ const useReferenceArrayFieldController = ({
     record,
     source,
 }: Option): ReferenceArrayProps => {
-    const dispatch = useDispatch();
-    const { data, ids } = useSelector(
-        getReferenceArray({ record, source, reference }),
-        shallowEqual
-    );
-    useEffect(() => {
-        dispatch(crudGetManyAccumulate(reference, ids));
-    }, [reference, ids, record.id]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
-
+    const ids = get(record, source) || [];
+    const { data, error, loading, loaded } = useGetMany(reference, ids);
     const referenceBasePath = basePath.replace(resource, reference); // FIXME obviously very weak
-
     return {
-        // eslint-disable-next-line eqeqeq
-        loaded: data != undefined,
         ids,
-        data,
+        data: useMemo(() => indexById(data), [data]),
+        error,
+        loaded,
+        loading,
         referenceBasePath,
     };
 };
 
-const getReferenceArray = ({ record, source, reference }) => (
-    state: ReduxState
-) => {
-    const ids = get(record, source) || [];
-    return {
-        data: getReferencesByIds(state, reference, ids),
-        ids,
-    };
-};
+const indexById = (records: Record[]) =>
+    records
+        .filter(r => typeof r !== 'undefined')
+        .reduce((prev, current) => {
+            prev[current.id] = current;
+            return prev;
+        }, {});
 
 export default useReferenceArrayFieldController;
diff --git a/packages/ra-core/src/dataProvider/useGetMany.ts b/packages/ra-core/src/dataProvider/useGetMany.ts
index a3c393c3ecd..973fc89d864 100644
--- a/packages/ra-core/src/dataProvider/useGetMany.ts
+++ b/packages/ra-core/src/dataProvider/useGetMany.ts
@@ -155,6 +155,16 @@ const callQueries = debounce(() => {
             .filter(v => v != null); // remove null values
         if (accumulatedIds.length === 0) {
             // no need to call the data provider if all the ids are null
+            queries.forEach(({ ids, setState, onSuccess }) => {
+                setState({
+                    data: emptyArray,
+                    loading: false,
+                    loaded: true,
+                });
+                if (onSuccess) {
+                    onSuccess({ data: emptyArray });
+                }
+            });
             return;
         }
         dataProvider(
@@ -188,4 +198,6 @@ const callQueries = debounce(() => {
     });
 });
 
+const emptyArray = [];
+
 export default useGetMany;
diff --git a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.js b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.js
index df38144f4eb..9e6698d6452 100644
--- a/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.js
+++ b/packages/ra-ui-materialui/src/field/ReferenceArrayField.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import React, { Children, cloneElement } from 'react';
+import React, { Children, cloneElement, memo } from 'react';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import LinearProgress from '@material-ui/core/LinearProgress';
 import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ export const ReferenceArrayField = ({ children, ...props }) => {
     }
 
     return (
-        <ReferenceArrayFieldView
+        <PureReferenceArrayFieldView
             {...props}
             {...useReferenceArrayFieldController(props)}
-            children={children}
-        />
+        >
+            {children}
+        </PureReferenceArrayFieldView>
     );
 };
 
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ export const ReferenceArrayFieldView = ({
     referenceBasePath,
 }) => {
     const classes = useStyles({ classes: classesOverride });
-    if (loaded === false) {
+    if (!loaded) {
         return <LinearProgress className={classes.progress} />;
     }
 
@@ -113,4 +114,6 @@ ReferenceArrayFieldView.propTypes = {
     referenceBasePath: PropTypes.string,
 };
 
+const PureReferenceArrayFieldView = memo(ReferenceArrayFieldView);
+
 export default ReferenceArrayField;