diff --git a/libraries/Tracker.class.php b/libraries/Tracker.class.php
index 32eb5a344..bccef8b6a 100644
--- a/libraries/Tracker.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Tracker.class.php
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class PMA_Tracker
      */
     static public function isActive()
     {
+        if (!defined('PHPMYADMIN_INIT_DONE')) return false;
         $cfgRelation = PMA_getRelationsParam();
         if (!$cfgRelation['trackingwork']) return false;
 
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ class PMA_Tracker
      */
     static public function isTracked($dbname, $tablename)
     {
+        if (!defined('PHPMYADMIN_INIT_DONE')) return false;
         $cfgRelation = PMA_getRelationsParam();
         if (!$cfgRelation['trackingwork']) return false;
 
diff --git a/libraries/common.inc.php b/libraries/common.inc.php
index 2d90e8488..7326af70c 100644
--- a/libraries/common.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/common.inc.php
@@ -985,6 +985,9 @@ $_SESSION['PMA_Config']->set('blowfish_secret', '');
 $_SESSION['PMA_Config']->set('Servers', '');
 $_SESSION['PMA_Config']->set('default_server', '');
 
+/* Flag that we have loaded all core libraries and set up the connections */
+define('PHPMYADMIN_INIT_DONE', '42');
+
 if (!empty($__redirect) && in_array($__redirect, $goto_whitelist)) {
     /**
      * include subform target page