diff --git a/lib/mongo/collection.rb b/lib/mongo/collection.rb
index b5b98a5..7cd0b36 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/collection.rb
@@ -624,7 +624,12 @@ module Mongo
       if raw
         result
       elsif result["result"]
-        @db[result["result"]]
+        if result['result'].is_a? BSON::OrderedHash and result['result'].has_key? 'db' and result['result'].has_key? 'collection'
+          otherdb = @db.connection[result['result']['db']]
+          otherdb[result['result']['collection']]
+        else
+          @db[result["result"]]
+        end
       else
         raise ArgumentError, "Could not instantiate collection from result. If you specified " +
           "{:out => {:inline => true}}, then you must also specify :raw => true to get the results."