diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index e8a4ec2ac..8e7331933 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -169,6 +169,12 @@ class RelatedField(Field):
             # for the field.
             # Eg: 'MyRelationship(queryset=ExampleModel.objects.all())'
             queryset = queryset.all()
+        if hasattr(self.parent, "Meta") and hasattr(self.parent.Meta, "model"):
+            queryset = queryset.filter(
+                **self.parent.Meta.model._meta.get_field(
+                    self.source
+                ).get_limit_choices_to()
+            )
         return queryset
 
     def use_pk_only_optimization(self):