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