diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c2c1ff7ed..2525f0206 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ $Source$
 2005-12-22 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * tbl_change.php, libraries/common.lib.php: bug #1381856,
       Cannot edit a table having 40 columns
+    * libraries/common.lib.php: bug #1388116, cannot pass TRUE by reference 
+      to PMA_setCookie, thanks to Isaac Bennetch
 
 2005-12-21 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * lang/danish: Updated, thanks to AlleyKat - dk_alleykat
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index f07a19724..db77b0928 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -2492,7 +2492,7 @@ window.parent.updateTableTitle('<?php echo $uni_tbl; ?>', '<?php echo PMA_jsForm
      * @param   string  $default    default value
      * @return  boolean result of setcookie()
      */
-    function PMA_setCookie($cookie, &$value, $default = null)
+    function PMA_setCookie($cookie, $value, $default = null)
     {
         if (!empty($value) && null !== $default && $value === $default) {
             // remove cookie, default value is used