diff --git a/system/Session/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php b/system/Session/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php
index ae67a81b31b0..e22553ff8d6a 100644
--- a/system/Session/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php
+++ b/system/Session/Handlers/DatabaseHandler.php
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@
  * @since	Version 3.0.0
  * @filesource
  */
+use Config\Database;
 use CodeIgniter\Config\BaseConfig;
 use CodeIgniter\Database\BaseConnection;
-use Config\Database;
 
 /**
  * Session handler using current Database for storage
@@ -169,7 +169,9 @@ public function read($sessionID)
 			$builder = $builder->where('ip_address', $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
 		}
 
-		if ($result = $builder->get()->getRow() === null)
+		$result = $builder->get()->getRow();
+
+		if ($result === null)
 		{
 			// PHP7 will reuse the same SessionHandler object after
 			// ID regeneration, so we need to explicitly set this to
diff --git a/system/Session/Session.php b/system/Session/Session.php
index f1e86add74f8..99779f011a81 100644
--- a/system/Session/Session.php
+++ b/system/Session/Session.php
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ public function __construct(\SessionHandlerInterface $driver, $config)
 		$this->cookieDomain = $config->cookieDomain;
 		$this->cookiePath = $config->cookiePath;
 		$this->cookieSecure = $config->cookieSecure;
+
+		helper('array');
 	}
 
 	//--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -463,9 +465,9 @@ public function set($data, $value = null)
 	 */
 	public function get(string $key = null)
 	{
-		if (isset($key))
+		if ($value = dot_array_search($key, $_SESSION))
 		{
-			return $_SESSION[$key] ?? null;
+			return $value;
 		}
 		elseif (empty($_SESSION))
 		{