diff --git a/gdal/swig/python/osgeo/gdal_array.py b/gdal/swig/python/osgeo/gdal_array.py
index fd6b555..2eb7079 100644
--- a/gdal/swig/python/osgeo/gdal_array.py
+++ b/gdal/swig/python/osgeo/gdal_array.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if version_info >= (2, 6, 0):
         try:
             fp, pathname, description = imp.find_module('_gdal_array', [dirname(__file__)])
         except ImportError:
-            import _gdal_array
+            from osgeo import _gdal_array
             return _gdal_array
         if fp is not None:
             try:
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if version_info >= (2, 6, 0):
     _gdal_array = swig_import_helper()
     del swig_import_helper
 else:
-    import _gdal_array
+    from osgeo import _gdal_array
 del version_info
 try:
     _swig_property = property