diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0eff45684..5268c3387 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ $Source$
     * libraries/check_user_privileges.lib.php: bug #1406499,
       a username containing an hyphen could not create a db under
       MySQL 4.0.x, thanks to "timeout-"
+    * libraries/common.lib.php: bug #1405956, unitialized variable $link,
+      thanks to Sebastian Mendel
 
 2006-01-14 Sebastian Mendel <cybot_tm@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/sql_query_form.lib.php: undefined js variable
diff --git a/libraries/common.lib.php b/libraries/common.lib.php
index 1ebf5ca14..fe789ffcb 100644
--- a/libraries/common.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/common.lib.php
@@ -991,10 +991,10 @@ if (!defined('PMA_MINIMUM_COMMON')) {
         global $cfg;
 
         // 1. A list of allowed databases has already been defined by the
-        //    authentification process -> gets the available databases list
+        //    authentication process -> gets the available databases list
         if (count($dblist)) {
             foreach ($dblist as $key => $db) {
-                if (!@PMA_DBI_select_db($db, $link) || (!empty($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['hide_db']) && preg_match('/' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['hide_db'] . '/', $db))) {
+                if (!@PMA_DBI_select_db($db) || (!empty($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['hide_db']) && preg_match('/' . $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['hide_db'] . '/', $db))) {
                     unset($dblist[$key]);
                 } // end if
             } // end for