diff --git a/db_datadict.php b/db_datadict.php
index 698146297..b910c761a 100644
--- a/db_datadict.php
+++ b/db_datadict.php
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ while ($row = PMA_DBI_fetch_assoc($rowset)) {
         } else {
             $row['Default'] = htmlspecialchars($row['Default']);
         }
-        $field_name = htmlspecialchars($row['Field']);
+        $field_name = $row['Field'];
 
         if (PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION < 50025
          && ! empty($analyzed_sql[0]['create_table_fields'][$field_name]['type'])