diff --git a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php
index 6674f3f1f..e291f0ad5 100644
--- a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php
@@ -726,9 +726,8 @@ function PMA_displayTableHeaders(&$is_display, &$fields_meta, $fields_cnt = 0, $
             }
             // $name_to_use_in_sort might contain a space due to 
             // formatting of function expressions like "COUNT(name )"
-            // so we remove spaces; this might cause problems with spaces
-            // inside a column name.
-            $name_to_use_in_sort = str_replace(' ', '', $name_to_use_in_sort);
+            // so we remove the space in this situation 
+            $name_to_use_in_sort = str_replace(' )', ')', $name_to_use_in_sort);
 
             if (empty($sort_expression)) {
                 $is_in_sort = false;