diff --git a/libraries/auth/http.auth.lib.php b/libraries/auth/http.auth.lib.php
index 601040f06..2f201f413 100644
--- a/libraries/auth/http.auth.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/auth/http.auth.lib.php
@@ -188,17 +188,9 @@ function PMA_auth_set_user()
  */
 function PMA_auth_fails()
 {
-    if (PMA_DBI_getError() && $GLOBALS['errno'] != 1045) {
-        $conn_error = PMA_sanitize(PMA_DBI_getError());
-        header('Content-Type: text/html; charset=' . $GLOBALS['charset']);
-        $page_title = 'phpMyAdmin ' . PMA_VERSION;
-        require './libraries/header_meta_style.inc.php';
-
-        echo '<div class="error"><h1>' . $GLOBALS['strError'] . '</h1>' . "\n";
-        echo $conn_error . '</div>' . "\n";
-        // no footer here, would not make sense
-        echo '</body></html>' . "\n";
-        // exit immediately to avoid warnings from the db library
+    $error = PMA_DBI_getError();
+    if ($error && $GLOBALS['errno'] != 1045) {
+        PMA_sendHeaderLocation('error.php?error=' . urlencode($error));
         exit;
     } else {
         PMA_auth();