diff --git a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3 b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
index 95325c264..a3e92b3e2 100644
--- a/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
+++ b/libraries/display_tbl.lib.php3
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ if (!defined('PMA_DISPLAY_TBL_LIB_INCLUDED')){
             $bgcolor = ($foo % 2) ? $GLOBALS['cfgBgcolorOne'] : $GLOBALS['cfgBgcolorTwo'];
 
             ?>
-<tr onmouseover="setPointer(this, '<?php echo $GLOBALS['cfgPointerColor']; ?>')" onmouseout="setPointer(this, '<?php echo $bgcolor; ?>')">
+<tr onmouseover="setPointer(this, '<?php echo $GLOBALS['cfgBrowsePointerColor']; ?>')" onmouseout="setPointer(this, '<?php echo $bgcolor; ?>')">
             <?php
             echo "\n";
 
diff --git a/libraries/functions.js b/libraries/functions.js
index b67da9519..cf4026f0f 100644
--- a/libraries/functions.js
+++ b/libraries/functions.js
@@ -305,13 +305,14 @@ function checkTransmitDump(theForm, theAction)
  */
 function setPointer(theRow, thePointerColor)
 {
-    if (typeof(theRow.style) == 'undefined' || typeof(theRow.cells) == 'undefined') {
+    if (thePointerColor == ''
+        || (typeof(theRow.style) == 'undefined' || typeof(theRow.cells) == 'undefined')) {
         return false;
     }
 
     var row_cells_cnt           = theRow.cells.length;
     for (var c = 0; c < row_cells_cnt; c++) {
-        theRow.cells[c].bgColor = thePointerColor;
+        theRow.cells[c].style.backgroundColor = thePointerColor;
     }
 
     return true;