diff --git a/src/tree_schema_helpers.c b/src/tree_schema_helpers.c
index b4e0bea..9ebf51b 100644
--- a/src/tree_schema_helpers.c
+++ b/src/tree_schema_helpers.c
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@
             if (!(ctx->flags & LY_CTX_DISABLE_SEARCHDIRS)) {
                 /* submodule was not received from the callback or there is no callback set */
                 lys_parse_localfile(ctx, inc->name, inc->rev[0] ? inc->rev : NULL, pctx,
-                        pctx->parsed_mod->mod->name, 1, NULL, (void **)&submod);
+                        pctx->parsed_mod->mod->name, 1, new_mods, (void **)&submod);
 
                 /* update inc pointer - parsing another (YANG 1.0) submodule can cause injecting
                  * submodule's include into main module, where it is missing */