diff --git a/core/src/avm2/globals/flash/display/display_object_container.rs b/core/src/avm2/globals/flash/display/display_object_container.rs
index d352ae51038e..a0bfd832343f 100644
--- a/core/src/avm2/globals/flash/display/display_object_container.rs
+++ b/core/src/avm2/globals/flash/display/display_object_container.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ pub fn get_child_by_name<'gc>(
         .and_then(|this| this.as_container())
     {
         let name = args.get_string(activation, 0)?;
-        if let Some(child) = dobj.child_by_name(&name, false) {
+        if let Some(child) = dobj.child_by_name(&name, true) {
             return Ok(child.object2());
         } else {
             return Ok(Value::Null);
diff --git a/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/output.txt b/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/output.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5d47b5e64a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/output.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//this.getChildByName("child_CLIP")
+null
+//this.addChild(newChild)
+//this.getChildByName("new_CHILD")
+null
diff --git a/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/test.swf b/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/test.swf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..938da3e2bfc8
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/test.swf differ
diff --git a/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/test.toml b/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/test.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dbee897f5863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests/swfs/avm2/displayobjectcontainer_getchildbyname_wrongcase/test.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+num_frames = 1