diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4d26cba09..dc4e39af6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ $Id$
 3.3.4.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #2996161 [import] properly escape import value
 - bug #2998889 [import] Import button does not work in Catalan
+- [browse] Fix handling of sort order if only column is specified.
 
 3.3.3.0 (2010-05-10)
 - patch #2982480 [navi] Do not group if there would be one table in group,
diff --git a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php
index 468959fa8..538409fb0 100644
--- a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php
@@ -1892,7 +1892,12 @@ function PMA_displayTable(&$dt_result, &$the_disp_mode, $analyzed_sql)
     // 1.4 Prepares display of first and last value of the sorted column
 
     if (! empty($sort_expression_nodirection)) {
-        list($sort_table, $sort_column) = explode('.', $sort_expression_nodirection);
+        if (strpos($sort_expression_nodirection, '.') === false) {
+            $sort_table = $table;
+            $sort_column = $sort_expression_nodirection;
+        } else {
+            list($sort_table, $sort_column) = explode('.', $sort_expression_nodirection);
+        }
         $sort_table = PMA_unQuote($sort_table);
         $sort_column = PMA_unQuote($sort_column);
         // find the sorted column index in row result