diff --git a/tbl_structure.php b/tbl_structure.php
index 077dbcf49..7d380b419 100644
--- a/tbl_structure.php
+++ b/tbl_structure.php
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ while ($row = PMA_DBI_fetch_assoc($fields_rs)) {
         // for the case ENUM('–','“')
         $type         = htmlspecialchars($type);
         if(strlen($type) > $GLOBALS['cfg']['LimitChars']) {
-            $type = '<abbr title="' . htmlspecialchars($type) . '">' . substr($type, 0, $GLOBALS['cfg']['LimitChars']) . '</abbr>';
+            $type = '<abbr title="' . $type . '">' . substr($type, 0, $GLOBALS['cfg']['LimitChars']) . '</abbr>';
         }
 
         $type_nowrap  = '';