diff --git a/tbl_dump.php3 b/tbl_dump.php3
index 10c5af6a4..11ade0be9 100755
--- a/tbl_dump.php3
+++ b/tbl_dump.php3
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ else {
             if (!isset($single)) {
                 $table = mysql_tablename($tables, $i);
             }
-            if (isset($tmp_select) && strpos($tmp_select, ' |' . $table . '|') >= 0) {
+            if ((isset($tmp_select) && strpos(' ' . $tmp_select, '|' . $table . '|')) || isset($single)) {
                 $dump_buffer .= PMA_getTableXML($db, $table, $crlf, $err_url) . $crlf;
             }
             $i++;