diff --git a/django_multitenant/utils.py b/django_multitenant/utils.py
index 6ba0947..c2e4934 100644
--- a/django_multitenant/utils.py
+++ b/django_multitenant/utils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import inspect
+from functools import lru_cache
 
 from django.apps import apps
 from .settings import TENANT_USE_ASGIREF
@@ -57,20 +58,32 @@ def get_tenant_column(model_class_or_instance):
         ) from not_a_tenant_model
 
 
-def get_tenant_field(model_class_or_instance):
+@lru_cache(None)
+def get_field_matching_column(model_class, column):
     """
-    Gets the tenant field object from the model
+    Gets a field object from the model class, matching the column.
     """
-    tenant_column = get_tenant_column(model_class_or_instance)
-    all_fields = model_class_or_instance._meta.fields
+    all_fields = model_class._meta.fields
     try:
-        return next(field for field in all_fields if field.column == tenant_column)
+        return next(field for field in all_fields if field.column == column)
     except StopIteration as no_field_found:
         raise ValueError(
-            f'No field found in {type(model_class_or_instance).name} with column name "{tenant_column}"'
+            f'No field found in {model_class.__name__} with column name "{column}"'
         ) from no_field_found
 
 
+def get_tenant_field(model_class_or_instance):
+    """
+    Gets the tenant field object from the model
+    """
+    tenant_column = get_tenant_column(model_class_or_instance)
+
+    if not inspect.isclass(model_class_or_instance):
+        model_class_or_instance = model_class_or_instance.__class__
+
+    return get_field_matching_column(model_class_or_instance, tenant_column)
+
+
 def get_object_tenant(instance):
     """
     Gets the tenant value from the object. If the object itself is a tenant, it will return the same object