diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 91d300202b45..368729fa272e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #4091 Insert ignore option does not work
 - bug #4090 Downloading BLOB downloads page template
 - bug #4092 Clicking on table name in view of information_schema redirects to wrong page
+- bug #4088 MySQL server version at index.php incorrect w/ controlhost
 
 4.0.6.0 (2013-09-05)
 - bug #4036 Call to undefined function mb_detect_encoding (clarify the doc)
diff --git a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
index 535153cf070d..7e17fcd5465b 100644
--- a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
@@ -1472,6 +1472,9 @@ function PMA_DBI_get_variable($var, $type = PMA_DBI_GETVAR_SESSION, $link = null
  */
 function PMA_DBI_postConnect($link, $is_controluser = false)
 {
+    if ($is_controluser) {
+        return;
+    }
     if (! defined('PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION')) {
         if (PMA_Util::cacheExists('PMA_MYSQL_INT_VERSION', true)) {
             define(