diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 52c974a717..4d2ea83a84 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ What's New in astroid 2.7.4?
 ============================
 Release date: TBA
 
+* Fixed bug in inference of dataclass field calls.
+
+    Closes PyCQA/pylint#4963
 
 
 What's New in astroid 2.7.3?
diff --git a/astroid/brain/brain_dataclasses.py b/astroid/brain/brain_dataclasses.py
index e010a51494..0bd394e353 100644
--- a/astroid/brain/brain_dataclasses.py
+++ b/astroid/brain/brain_dataclasses.py
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@
 from astroid import context, inference_tip
 from astroid.builder import parse
 from astroid.const import PY37_PLUS, PY39_PLUS
-from astroid.exceptions import AstroidSyntaxError, InferenceError, MroError
+from astroid.exceptions import (
+    AstroidSyntaxError,
+    InferenceError,
+    MroError,
+    UseInferenceDefault,
+)
 from astroid.manager import AstroidManager
 from astroid.nodes.node_classes import (
     AnnAssign,
+    Assign,
     AssignName,
     Attribute,
     Call,
@@ -231,9 +237,11 @@ def infer_dataclass_attribute(
 
 
 def infer_dataclass_field_call(
-    node: AssignName, ctx: context.InferenceContext = None
+    node: Call, ctx: Optional[context.InferenceContext] = None
 ) -> Generator:
     """Inference tip for dataclass field calls."""
+    if not isinstance(node.parent, (AnnAssign, Assign)):
+        raise UseInferenceDefault
     field_call = node.parent.value
     default_type, default = _get_field_default(field_call)
     if not default_type:
diff --git a/tests/unittest_brain_dataclasses.py b/tests/unittest_brain_dataclasses.py
index b50d45757f..6710009b83 100644
--- a/tests/unittest_brain_dataclasses.py
+++ b/tests/unittest_brain_dataclasses.py
@@ -643,3 +643,21 @@ class A:
     )
     init = next(node.infer())
     assert init._proxied.parent.name == "object"
+
+
+@parametrize_module
+def test_annotated_enclosed_field_call(module: str):
+    """Test inference of dataclass attribute with a field call in another function call"""
+    node = astroid.extract_node(
+        f"""
+    from {module} import dataclass, field
+    from typing import cast
+
+    @dataclass
+    class A:
+        attribute: int = cast(int, field(default_factory=dict))
+    """
+    )
+    inferred = node.inferred()
+    assert len(inferred) == 1 and isinstance(inferred[0], nodes.ClassDef)
+    assert "attribute" in inferred[0].instance_attrs