diff --git a/src/core/layout/qgsabstractreportsection.cpp b/src/core/layout/qgsabstractreportsection.cpp
index fce63a7f10f..1b159aa7e6f 100644
--- a/src/core/layout/qgsabstractreportsection.cpp
+++ b/src/core/layout/qgsabstractreportsection.cpp
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ QgsAbstractReportSection::~QgsAbstractReportSection()
 
 QgsProject *QgsAbstractReportSection::project()
 {
+  if ( QgsReport *report = dynamic_cast< QgsReport * >( this ) )
+    return report->layoutProject();
+
   QgsAbstractReportSection *current = this;
   while ( QgsAbstractReportSection *parent = current->parentSection() )
   {
diff --git a/tests/src/python/test_qgsreport.py b/tests/src/python/test_qgsreport.py
index b72a0aac9e7..456a521f8ba 100644
--- a/tests/src/python/test_qgsreport.py
+++ b/tests/src/python/test_qgsreport.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class TestQgsReport(unittest.TestCase):
         r = QgsReport(p)
 
         self.assertEqual(r.layoutProject(), p)
+        self.assertEqual(r.project(), p)
 
         r.setHeaderEnabled(True)
         self.assertTrue(r.headerEnabled())