diff --git a/schemahcl/schemahcl.go b/schemahcl/schemahcl.go
index 41db66e0cfb..fbd28af0f9a 100644
--- a/schemahcl/schemahcl.go
+++ b/schemahcl/schemahcl.go
@@ -483,6 +483,14 @@ func (s *State) mayScopeContext(ctx *hcl.EvalContext, scope []string) *hcl.EvalC
 		Variables: make(map[string]cty.Value),
 		Functions: make(map[string]function.Function),
 	}
+	for p := ctx; p != nil; p = p.Parent() {
+		for k, v := range p.Variables {
+			if isRef(v) {
+				nctx.Variables[k] = v
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	// Override the parent context with the scoped variables and functions.
 	for n, v := range vars {
 		nctx.Variables[n] = v
 	}
@@ -492,13 +500,6 @@ func (s *State) mayScopeContext(ctx *hcl.EvalContext, scope []string) *hcl.EvalC
 	// A patch from the past. Should be moved
 	// to specific scopes in the future.
 	nctx.Functions["sql"] = rawExprFunc
-	for p := ctx; p != nil; p = p.Parent() {
-		for k, v := range p.Variables {
-			if isRef(v) {
-				nctx.Variables[k] = v
-			}
-		}
-	}
 	return nctx
 }
 
diff --git a/schemahcl/schemahcl_test.go b/schemahcl/schemahcl_test.go
index ece7a010de0..1928318d34d 100644
--- a/schemahcl/schemahcl_test.go
+++ b/schemahcl/schemahcl_test.go
@@ -949,3 +949,39 @@ foo "f1" {
 		},
 	}, &e)
 }
+
+func Test_ScopeContextOverride(t *testing.T) {
+	type (
+		Foo struct {
+			Name string `spec:",name"`
+		}
+		Bar struct {
+			Name string `spec:",name"`
+			Attr string `spec:"attr"`
+			Ref  *Ref   `spec:"ref"`
+		}
+	)
+	var (
+		doc struct {
+			Foo []*Foo `spec:"foo"`
+			Bar []*Bar `spec:"bar"`
+		}
+		b = []byte(`
+foo "f1" {}
+bar "b1" {
+	attr = foo
+	ref  = foo.f1
+}
+`)
+	)
+	require.NoError(t, New(
+		WithScopedEnums("bar.attr", "foo"), // foo is a valid value for bar.attr.
+	).EvalBytes(b, &doc, nil))
+	require.Len(t, doc.Foo, 1)
+	require.Len(t, doc.Bar, 1)
+	require.Equal(t, &Bar{
+		Name: "b1",
+		Attr: "foo",
+		Ref:  &Ref{V: "$foo.f1"},
+	}, doc.Bar[0])
+}