diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/pset.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/pset.py
index ac8cec997b..da08e9b4fe 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/pset.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/pset.py
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ templates: dict[str, "PsetQto"] = {}
 
 
 def get_template(schema: str) -> "PsetQto":
+    """
+    :param schema: As in ``file.schema_identifier``, not ``file.schema``.
+    """
     global templates
     if schema not in templates:
         templates[schema] = PsetQto(schema)
diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/selector.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/selector.py
index 100cd70403..aa6789865f 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/selector.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/util/selector.py
@@ -689,7 +689,7 @@ def set_element_value(
                         if len(enum_values) == len(current_value) and set(enum_values) == set(current_value):
                             return ...
 
-                    template = ifcopenshell.util.pset.get_template(ifc_file.schema)
+                    template = ifcopenshell.util.pset.get_template(ifc_file.schema_identifier)
                     pset_template = template.get_by_name(pset.Name)
                     if pset_template is None:
                         return value