diff --git a/include/class.config.php b/include/class.config.php
index 0a458764f65986e574a7d18a09d3994541c58443..bf51100136dfdcb1bddd0236e3033135c28a452c 100644
--- a/include/class.config.php
+++ b/include/class.config.php
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@ class OsticketConfig extends Config {
 
     function getSchemaSignature($section=null) {
 
-        if (!$section && ($v=$this->get('schema_signature')))
+        if ((!$section || $section == $this->section)
+                && ($v=$this->get('schema_signature')))
             return $v;
 
         // 1.7 after namespaced configuration, other namespace