diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7db3702ba..45b942b48 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ $Source$
     * db_details.php3, read_dump.php3, tbl_query_box.php3, lang/*.inc.php3:
       Feature #506106: Read compressed dump.
     * lang/italian-*.inc.php3: Updates, thanks again to Pietro Danesi (danone).
+    * libraries/grab_globals.lib.php3: Fixed bug #638548 (table name with a
+      quote).
 
 2002-11-16 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/build_dump.lib.php3: fix for old MySQL, thanks to
diff --git a/libraries/grab_globals.lib.php3 b/libraries/grab_globals.lib.php3
index b653ac22e..ac38b90f7 100644
--- a/libraries/grab_globals.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/grab_globals.lib.php3
@@ -46,5 +46,15 @@ if (!defined('PMA_GRAB_GLOBALS_INCLUDED')) {
         unset($goto);
     } // end if
 
+    // Strip slahes from $db / $table values
+    if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {
+        if (isset($db)) {
+            $db = stripslashes($db);
+        }
+        if (isset($table)) {
+            $table = stripslashes($table);
+        }
+    }
+
 } // $__PMA_GRAB_GLOBALS_LIB__
 ?>