diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4242ca5b8..43dc0d895 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ $Id$
   them to string.
 - bug #3034026 [confirmation] TRUNCATE queries get no confirmation request
 - bug #3036132 [core] Triggers not fetched if dbname has an hyphen
+- patch #3039269 [dbi] Wrong variable checked for nopassword option,
+  thanks to Will Palmer - wpalmer
 
 3.3.5.0 (2010-07-26)
 - 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 ad6d545ab..b5915df83 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/mysqli.dbi.lib.php
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ function PMA_DBI_connect($user, $password, $is_controluser = false, $server = nu
 
     if (!$server) {
       $return_value = @mysqli_real_connect($link, $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['host'], $user, $password, false, $server_port, $server_socket, $client_flags);
-
       // Retry with empty password if we're allowed to
-      if ($return_value == false && isset($cfg['Server']['nopassword']) && $cfg['Server']['nopassword'] && !$is_controluser) {
+      if ($return_value == false && isset($GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['nopassword']) && $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['nopassword'] && !$is_controluser) {
 	  $return_value = @mysqli_real_connect($link, $GLOBALS['cfg']['Server']['host'], $user, '', false, $server_port, $server_socket, $client_flags);
       }
     } else {