diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 111b565b7..fcad18e49 100755
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ $Source$
     * libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php: bug #1111706, call to undefined
       function PMA_reloadNavigation(). A failed connection was not properly
       detected
+    * libraries/export/sql.php: bug #1108521, mysqli_free_result() expects
+      parameter 1 to be a result
 
 2005-01-27 Marc Delisle  <lem9@users.sourceforge.net>
     * libraries/fpdf/fpdf.php: bug #1106146, missing header for PDF,
diff --git a/libraries/export/sql.php b/libraries/export/sql.php
index b814b15de..036bc37f2 100644
--- a/libraries/export/sql.php
+++ b/libraries/export/sql.php
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ function PMA_exportHeader() {
     global $cfg;
 
     if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION >= 40100 && isset($GLOBALS['sql_compat']) && $GLOBALS['sql_compat'] != 'NONE') {
-        $result = PMA_DBI_query('SET @@SQL_MODE="' . $GLOBALS['sql_compat'] . '"');
-        PMA_DBI_free_result($result);
+        PMA_DBI_query('SET SQL_MODE="' . $GLOBALS['sql_compat'] . '"');
     }
 
     $head  =  $GLOBALS['comment_marker'] . 'phpMyAdmin SQL Dump' . $crlf