Index: django/contrib/admin/widgets.py
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--- django/contrib/admin/widgets.py	(revision 9218)
+++ django/contrib/admin/widgets.py	(working copy)
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
             
     def label_for_value(self, value):
         key = self.rel.get_related_field().name
-        obj = self.rel.to.objects.get(**{key: value})
+        obj = self.rel.to._default_manager.get(**{key: value})
         return '&nbsp;<strong>%s</strong>' % truncate_words(obj, 14)
 
 class ManyToManyRawIdWidget(ForeignKeyRawIdWidget):
Index: tests/regressiontests/admin_widgets/models.py
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--- tests/regressiontests/admin_widgets/models.py	(revision 9218)
+++ tests/regressiontests/admin_widgets/models.py	(working copy)
@@ -24,14 +24,22 @@
     def __unicode__(self):
         return self.name
 
+class HiddenInventoryManager(models.Manager):
+    def get_query_set(self):
+        return super(HiddenInventoryManager, self).get_query_set().filter(hidden=False)
+
 class Inventory(models.Model):
-   barcode = models.PositiveIntegerField(unique=True)
-   parent = models.ForeignKey('self', to_field='barcode', blank=True, null=True)
-   name = models.CharField(blank=False, max_length=20)
+    hidden = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+    barcode = models.PositiveIntegerField(unique=True)
+    parent = models.ForeignKey('self', to_field='barcode', blank=True, null=True)
+    name = models.CharField(blank=False, max_length=20)
 
-   def __unicode__(self):
-      return self.name
+    default_manager = models.Manager()
+    objects = HiddenInventoryManager()
 
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return self.name
+
 __test__ = {'WIDGETS_TESTS': """
 >>> from datetime import datetime
 >>> from django.utils.html import escape, conditional_escape
@@ -97,10 +105,14 @@
 >>> apple = Inventory.objects.create(barcode=86, name='Apple')
 >>> pear = Inventory.objects.create(barcode=22, name='Pear')
 >>> core = Inventory.objects.create(barcode=87, name='Core', parent=apple)
+>>> hidden = Inventory.objects.create(barcode=93, name='Hidden', hidden=True)
+>>> child_of_hidden = Inventory.objects.create(barcode=94, name='Child of hidden', parent=hidden)
 >>> rel = Inventory._meta.get_field('parent').rel
 >>> w = ForeignKeyRawIdWidget(rel)
 >>> print w.render('test', core.parent_id, attrs={})
 <input type="text" name="test" value="86" class="vForeignKeyRawIdAdminField" /><a href="../../../admin_widgets/inventory/?t=barcode" class="related-lookup" id="lookup_id_test" onclick="return showRelatedObjectLookupPopup(this);"> <img src="%(ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX)simg/admin/selector-search.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Lookup" /></a>&nbsp;<strong>Apple</strong>
+>>> print w.render('test', child_of_hidden.parent_id, attrs={})
+<input type="text" name="test" value="93" class="vForeignKeyRawIdAdminField" /><a href="../../../admin_widgets/inventory/?t=barcode" class="related-lookup" id="lookup_id_test" onclick="return showRelatedObjectLookupPopup(this);"> <img src="%(ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX)simg/admin/selector-search.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Lookup" /></a>&nbsp;<strong>Hidden</strong>
 """ % {
     'ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX': settings.ADMIN_MEDIA_PREFIX,
     'STORAGE_URL': default_storage.url(''),