diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index a63f92fbf..780667d88 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changelog
 0.15.22
 -------
 * Fix the aggregates using the wrong side of the join when doing a self-referential aggregation.
+* Fix for ``generate_schemas`` param being ignored in ``tortoise.contrib.quart.register_tortoise``
 
 0.15.21
 -------
diff --git a/tortoise/contrib/quart/__init__.py b/tortoise/contrib/quart/__init__.py
index b6d87c908..235d05720 100644
--- a/tortoise/contrib/quart/__init__.py
+++ b/tortoise/contrib/quart/__init__.py
@@ -72,12 +72,13 @@ def register_tortoise(
         True to generate schema immediately. Only useful for dev environments
         or SQLite ``:memory:`` databases
     """
+    _generate_schemas = generate_schemas
 
     @app.before_serving
     async def init_orm() -> None:  # pylint: disable=W0612
         await Tortoise.init(config=config, config_file=config_file, db_url=db_url, modules=modules)
         logging.info("Tortoise-ORM started, %s, %s", Tortoise._connections, Tortoise.apps)
-        if generate_schemas:
+        if _generate_schemas:
             logging.info("Tortoise-ORM generating schema")
             await Tortoise.generate_schemas()