diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7e7d277d3..7aaae2dd2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ $HeadURL: https://phpmyadmin.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/phpmyadmin/trunk/phpMyA
 - patch #2652972 [relation] Missing code with hashing for relationship
   editing, thanks to knittl - knittl
 + rfe #2123386 Added option to disable mcrypt warning.
+- bug #2648502 Request-URI Too Large error from Location header
 
 3.1.4.0 (not yet released)
 + patch #1808339 [doc] Apache SSLOptions and StdEnvVars FAQ,
diff --git a/libraries/db_table_exists.lib.php b/libraries/db_table_exists.lib.php
index ee2a8181f..46f34ec11 100644
--- a/libraries/db_table_exists.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/db_table_exists.lib.php
@@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ if (empty($is_table) && !defined('PMA_SUBMIT_MULT')) {
                 if (isset($display_query)) {
                     $url_params['display_query'] = $display_query;
                 }
-                PMA_sendHeaderLocation(
-                    $cfg['PmaAbsoluteUri'] . 'db_sql.php'
-                        . PMA_generate_common_url($url_params, '&'));
+                require 'db_sql.php';
+                exit;
             }
         }