diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapper.java
index aaa750b57..baf3b60af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapper.java
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ public class ElasticsearchEntityMapper implements
 
 				if (value instanceof List) {
 					target.add(readValue(value, property, property.getTypeInformation().getActualType()));
+				} else if (value instanceof Map) {
+					target
+							.add(readMapValue((Map<String, Object>) value, property, property.getTypeInformation().getActualType()));
 				} else {
 					target.add(readEntity(computeGenericValueTypeForRead(property, value), (Map) value));
 				}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapperUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapperUnitTests.java
index 02e73278f..e97661c2c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapperUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/elasticsearch/core/ElasticsearchEntityMapperUnitTests.java
@@ -531,6 +531,32 @@ public class ElasticsearchEntityMapperUnitTests {
 		assertThat(target.address).isEqualTo(bigBunsCafe);
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAES-892
+	public void readGenericListWithMaps() {
+		Map<String, Object> simpleMap = new HashMap<>();
+		simpleMap.put("int", 1);
+
+		List<Map<String, Object>> listWithSimpleMap = new ArrayList<>();
+		listWithSimpleMap.add(simpleMap);
+
+		Map<String, List<Map<String, Object>>> mapWithSimpleList = new HashMap<>();
+		mapWithSimpleList.put("someKey", listWithSimpleMap);
+
+		Map<String, Object> document = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+		document.put("schemaLessObject", mapWithSimpleList);
+
+		SchemaLessObjectWrapper wrapper = entityMapper.read(SchemaLessObjectWrapper.class, document);
+		assertThat(wrapper.getSchemaLessObject()).isEqualTo(mapWithSimpleList);
+	}
+
+	@Data
+	@NoArgsConstructor
+	@AllArgsConstructor
+	static class SchemaLessObjectWrapper {
+
+		private Map<String, Object> schemaLessObject;
+	}
+
 	private String pointTemplate(String name, Point point) {
 		return String.format(Locale.ENGLISH, "\"%s\":{\"lat\":%.1f,\"lon\":%.1f}", name, point.getX(), point.getY());
 	}