diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9ce27c3ed..7103f64e5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ $Source$
 2006-12-06 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/import.lib.php, /common.lib.php: bug #1603660, 
       incorrect escaping of ">"
+    * server_variables.php: bug #1589611, problem on 64-bit systems
 
 2006-12-05 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * server_privileges.php: Grant all privileges on wildcard name: we should
diff --git a/server_variables.php b/server_variables.php
index f3482d587..7be848e6d 100644
--- a/server_variables.php
+++ b/server_variables.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ foreach ($serverVars as $name => $value) {
     <th nowrap="nowrap">
         <?php echo htmlspecialchars(str_replace('_', ' ', $name)); ?></th>
     <td class="value"><?php
-    if (is_numeric($value)) {
+    if (strlen($value) < 16 && is_numeric($value)) {
         echo PMA_formatNumber($value, 0);
         $is_numeric = true;
     } else {