diff --git a/appserver/web/war-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/glassfish/web/WarHandler.java b/appserver/web/war-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/glassfish/web/WarHandler.java
index 784a8760060..99885f3ac7a 100644
--- a/appserver/web/war-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/glassfish/web/WarHandler.java
+++ b/appserver/web/war-util/src/main/java/com/sun/enterprise/glassfish/web/WarHandler.java
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ protected void read(InputStream input) throws XMLStreamException {
                         versionIdentifier = parser.getElementText();
                     } else if (RuntimeTagNames.PAYARA_WHITELIST_PACKAGE.equals(name)) {
                         application.addWhitelistPackage(parser.getElementText());
-                    } else if ("session-config".equals(name)) {
+                    } else if (RuntimeTagNames.SESSION_CONFIG.equals(name)) {
                         readCookieConfig();
                     } else {
                         skipSubTree(name);