diff --git a/gio/gsettingsschema.c b/gio/gsettingsschema.c
index 9ffa6edab..51567c1a3 100644
--- a/gio/gsettingsschema.c
+++ b/gio/gsettingsschema.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ g_settings_schema_get_value (GSettingsSchema *schema,
   GVariantIter *iter;
   GVariant *value;
 
-  value = gvdb_table_get_value (schema->priv->table, key);
+  value = gvdb_table_get_raw_value (schema->priv->table, key);
 
   if G_UNLIKELY (value == NULL)
     g_error ("schema does not contain a key named '%s'", key);