diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 2d5158cbd..dc0c6f8ca 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ func (v *Viper) find(lcaseKey string, flagDefault bool) any {
 	}
 
 	// K/V store next
-	val = v.searchMap(v.kvstore, path)
+	val = v.searchIndexableWithPathPrefixes(v.kvstore, path)
 	if val != nil {
 		return val
 	}
diff --git a/viper_test.go b/viper_test.go
index 8b0232aee..5662547d2 100644
--- a/viper_test.go
+++ b/viper_test.go
@@ -2630,6 +2630,30 @@ func TestSliceIndexAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "Static", v.GetString("tv.0.episodes.1.2"))
 }
 
+func TestSliceIndexAccessOnKvstore(t *testing.T) {
+	v := New()
+	v.SetConfigType("yaml")
+	r := strings.NewReader(string(yamlDeepNestedSlices))
+
+	err := v.unmarshalReader(r, v.kvstore)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, "The Expanse", v.GetString("tv.0.title"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "February 1, 2017", v.GetString("tv.0.seasons.1.first_released"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "Static", v.GetString("tv.0.seasons.1.episodes.2.title"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "December 15, 2015", v.GetString("tv.0.seasons.0.episodes.1.air_date"))
+
+	// Test nested keys with capital letters
+	assert.Equal(t, "The Expanse", v.GetString("tv.0.title_i18n.USA"))
+	assert.Equal(t, "エクスパンス -巨獣めざめる-", v.GetString("tv.0.title_i18n.Japan"))
+
+	// Test for index out of bounds
+	assert.Equal(t, "", v.GetString("tv.0.seasons.2.first_released"))
+
+	// Accessing multidimensional arrays
+	assert.Equal(t, "Static", v.GetString("tv.0.episodes.1.2"))
+}
+
 func TestIsPathShadowedInFlatMap(t *testing.T) {
 	v := New()