diff --git a/tbl_addfield.php b/tbl_addfield.php
index 19d30e942ac1..2788d01afa63 100644
--- a/tbl_addfield.php
+++ b/tbl_addfield.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 
     // To allow replication, we first select the db to use and then run queries
     // on this db.
-    PMA_DBI_select_db($db) or PMA_Util::mysqlDie(PMA_getError(), 'USE ' . PMA_Util::backquote($db), '', $err_url);
+    PMA_DBI_select_db($db) or PMA_Util::mysqlDie(PMA_DBI_getError(), 'USE ' . PMA_Util::backquote($db), '', $err_url);
     $sql_query    = 'ALTER TABLE ' . PMA_Util::backquote($table) . ' ' . implode(', ', $definitions) . ';';
     $result = PMA_DBI_try_query($sql_query);