diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0ba6cdcf0b..c62aa31460 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 + rfe #1544 MySQL 5.7.5 compatibility
 + rfe #1529 Avoid session timeout when user is active
 - bug #4528 Can't import dump via SQL field
++ rfe #1251 Show "Overhead" with same precision for all tables
 
 4.2.10.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #4361 Can't change font size (when config.inc.php not present)
diff --git a/libraries/structure.lib.php b/libraries/structure.lib.php
index 67c9c0d745..9ccb681988 100644
--- a/libraries/structure.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/structure.lib.php
@@ -1189,9 +1189,11 @@ function PMA_getValuesForAriaTable($db_is_system_schema, $current_table,
             $tblsize, 3, ($tblsize > 0) ? 1 : 0
         );
         if (isset($current_table['Data_free']) && $current_table['Data_free'] > 0) {
+            // here, the value 4 as the second parameter
+            // would transform 6.1MiB into 6,224.6KiB
             list($formatted_overhead, $overhead_unit)
                 = PMA_Util::formatByteDown(
-                    $current_table['Data_free'], 3,
+                    $current_table['Data_free'], 4,
                     (($current_table['Data_free'] > 0) ? 1 : 0)
                 );
             $overhead_size += $current_table['Data_free'];