diff --git a/libraries/dbi/mysql.dbi.lib.php b/libraries/dbi/mysql.dbi.lib.php
index 3f9c3ada8..ca26e17e1 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/mysql.dbi.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/mysql.dbi.lib.php
@@ -193,4 +193,9 @@ function PMA_DBI_get_dblist($link = '') {
     unset($res);
     return $dbs_array;   
 }
+
+function PMA_DBI_num_rows($result) {
+    return mysql_num_rows($result);
+}
+
 ?>
diff --git a/tbl_query_box.php b/tbl_query_box.php
index d3fc06b7f..ac041f794 100644
--- a/tbl_query_box.php
+++ b/tbl_query_box.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if (isset($db) && isset($table) && $table != '' && $db != '') {
         PMA_mysqlDie('', $local_query, '', $err_url);
     }
     else {
-        $fields_cnt        = mysql_num_rows($result);
+        $fields_cnt        = PMA_DBI_num_rows($result);
         while ($row = PMA_mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
             $fields_list[] = $row['Field'];
         } // end while