diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3f1afa7fa..53239071d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ $Id$
 $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyAdmin/ChangeLog $
 
 3.3.6.0 (not yet released)
+- bug #3031705 [core] Do not use CONCAT for DECIMAL fields.
 
 3.3.5.0 (not yet released)
 - patch #2932113 [information_schema] Slow export when having lots of
diff --git a/libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php b/libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php
index 913bce627..fd35eb4a9 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php
@@ -493,8 +493,8 @@ function PMA_DBI_get_fields_meta($result)
 {
     // Build an associative array for a type look up
     $typeAr = array();
-    $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_DECIMAL]     = 'real';
-    $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL]  = 'real';
+    $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_DECIMAL]     = 'decimal';
+    $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_NEWDECIMAL]  = 'decimal';
     $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_BIT]         = 'int';
     $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_TINY]        = 'int';
     $typeAr[MYSQLI_TYPE_SHORT]       = 'int';