diff --git a/scripts/qapi/common.py b/scripts/qapi/common.py
index f51948364c..f07869ec73 100644
--- a/scripts/qapi/common.py
+++ b/scripts/qapi/common.py
@@ -1089,6 +1089,9 @@ class QAPISchemaEntity(object):
             self.ifcond = typ.ifcond
         else:
             self.ifcond = listify_cond(self._ifcond)
+        if self.info:
+            self.module = os.path.relpath(self.info['file'],
+                                          os.path.dirname(schema.fname))
 
     def is_implicit(self):
         return not self.info
@@ -1262,6 +1265,7 @@ class QAPISchemaArrayType(QAPISchemaType):
         self.element_type = schema.lookup_type(self._element_type_name)
         assert self.element_type
         self.element_type.check(schema)
+        self.module = self.element_type.module
         self.ifcond = self.element_type.ifcond
 
     def is_implicit(self):
@@ -1603,7 +1607,7 @@ class QAPISchemaEvent(QAPISchemaEntity):
 
 class QAPISchema(object):
     def __init__(self, fname):
-        self._fname = fname
+        self.fname = fname
         if sys.version_info[0] >= 3:
             f = open(fname, 'r', encoding='utf-8')
         else:
@@ -1626,9 +1630,6 @@ class QAPISchema(object):
         self._entity_list.append(ent)
         if ent.name is not None:
             self._entity_dict[ent.name] = ent
-        if ent.info:
-            ent.module = os.path.relpath(ent.info['file'],
-                                         os.path.dirname(self._fname))
 
     def lookup_entity(self, name, typ=None):
         ent = self._entity_dict.get(name)
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/include/sub-module.json b/tests/qapi-schema/include/sub-module.json
index f2bdbd3990..afdb267228 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/include/sub-module.json
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/include/sub-module.json
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 # Sub-module of ../qapi-schema-test.json
 
 { 'include': '../sub-sub-module.json' }
+
+{ 'struct': 'SecondArrayRef', 'data': { 's': ['Status'] } }
diff --git a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
index 38c1de70d8..77fb1e1aa9 100644
--- a/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
+++ b/tests/qapi-schema/qapi-schema-test.out
@@ -144,7 +144,9 @@ object q_obj_sizeList-wrapper
     member data: sizeList optional=False
 object q_obj_anyList-wrapper
     member data: anyList optional=False
+module sub-sub-module.json
 array StatusList Status
+module qapi-schema-test.json
 object q_obj_StatusList-wrapper
     member data: StatusList optional=False
 enum UserDefListUnionKind
@@ -189,6 +191,9 @@ enum Status
     member good
     member bad
     member ugly
+module include/sub-module.json
+object SecondArrayRef
+    member s: StatusList optional=False
 module qapi-schema-test.json
 command user_def_cmd None -> None
    gen=True success_response=True boxed=False oob=False preconfig=False