diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e5416e6f3..b5e2b7d6d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $Id$
 $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyAdmin/ChangeLog $
 
 3.1.2.0 (not yet released)
+- bug #1253252 [display] Can't NULL a column with relation defined 
 
 3.1.1.0 (not yet released)
 - patch #2242765 [core] Navi panel server links wrong,
diff --git a/js/tbl_change.js b/js/tbl_change.js
index c32023ba7..cc6338999 100644
--- a/js/tbl_change.js
+++ b/js/tbl_change.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function nullify(theType, urlField, md5Field, multi_edit)
     }
 
     // "SET" field , "ENUM" field with more than 20 characters
-    // or foreign key field
+    // or foreign key field (drop-down)
     if (theType == 1 || theType == 3 || theType == 4) {
         rowForm.elements['field_' + md5Field + multi_edit + '[]'].selectedIndex = -1;
     }
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ function nullify(theType, urlField, md5Field, multi_edit)
 
         } // end if
     }
+    // foreign key field (with browsing icon for foreign values)
+    else if (theType == 6) {
+        rowForm.elements['field_' + md5Field + multi_edit + '[]'].value = '';
+    }
     // Other field types
     else /*if (theType == 5)*/ {
         rowForm.elements['fields' + multi_edit + '[' + urlField + ']'].value = '';
diff --git a/tbl_change.php b/tbl_change.php
index 93b55af0d..c5140e78d 100644
--- a/tbl_change.php
+++ b/tbl_change.php
@@ -565,6 +565,7 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
 
         // The null column
         // ---------------
+        $foreignData = PMA_getForeignData($foreigners, $field['Field'], false, '', '');
         echo '        <td>' . "\n";
         if ($field['Null'] == 'YES') {
             echo '            <input type="hidden" name="fields_null_prev' . $field_name_appendix . '"';
@@ -590,8 +591,12 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
                     }
                 } elseif (strstr($field['True_Type'], 'set')) {
                     $onclick     .= '3, ';
-                } elseif ($foreigners && isset($foreigners[$field['Field']])) {
+                } elseif ($foreigners && isset($foreigners[$field['Field']]) && $foreignData['foreign_link'] == false) {
+                    // foreign key in a drop-down
                     $onclick     .= '4, ';
+                } elseif ($foreigners && isset($foreigners[$field['Field']]) && $foreignData['foreign_link'] == true) {
+                    // foreign key with a browsing icon 
+                    $onclick     .= '6, ';
                 } else {
                     $onclick     .= '5, ';
                 }
@@ -612,7 +617,6 @@ foreach ($rows as $row_id => $vrow) {
         // See bug #1667887 for the reason why we don't use the maxlength
         // HTML attribute
 
-        $foreignData = PMA_getForeignData($foreigners, $field['Field'], false, '', '');
         echo '        <td>' . "\n";
         if ($foreignData['foreign_link'] == true) {
             echo $backup_field . "\n";