diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b02558053..e86efb3fe 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ phpMyAdmin - Changelog
 $Id$
 $Source$
 
+2006-01-20 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
+    * export.php: bug #1410078, error exporting query ending with semicolon
+
 2006-01-19 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * main.php: already defined constant
     * libraries/display_create_table.lib.php: bug #1376314, I remove
diff --git a/export.php b/export.php
index a9d03fc5c..cebe6b4dd 100644
--- a/export.php
+++ b/export.php
@@ -492,6 +492,11 @@ if ($export_type == 'server') {
     }
 
     if (!empty($sql_query)) {
+        // only preg_replace if needed
+        if (!empty($add_query)) {
+            // remove trailing semicolon before adding a LIMIT
+            $sql_query = preg_replace('%;\s*$%', '', $sql_query);
+        }
         $local_query = $sql_query . $add_query;
         PMA_DBI_select_db($db);
     } else {