diff --git a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java
index 5672ddcc7a..d8e34b3cba 100644
--- a/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java
+++ b/spring-beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/BeanDefinitionParserDelegate.java
@@ -1406,7 +1406,7 @@ public class BeanDefinitionParserDelegate {
 					return decorated;
 				}
 			}
-			else if (namespaceUri.startsWith("http://www.springframework.org/")) {
+			else if (namespaceUri.startsWith("http://www.springframework.org/schema/")) {
 				error("Unable to locate Spring NamespaceHandler for XML schema namespace [" + namespaceUri + "]", node);
 			}
 			else {