diff --git a/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php b/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php
index 4b20f931a1bd3..52f4354e3678d 100644
--- a/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php
+++ b/course/tests/behat/behat_course.php
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public function i_edit_the_section($sectionnumber) {
 
         // We need to know the course format as the text strings depends on them.
         $courseformat = $this->get_course_format();
-        if (get_string_manager()->string_exists('editsection', $courseformat)) {
+        if ($sectionnumber > 0 && get_string_manager()->string_exists('editsection', $courseformat)) {
             $stredit = get_string('editsection', $courseformat);
         } else {
             $stredit = get_string('editsection');