diff --git a/libraries/rte/rte_export.lib.php b/libraries/rte/rte_export.lib.php
index c7cf9a9f88..28b8798299 100644
--- a/libraries/rte/rte_export.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/rte/rte_export.lib.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ function PMA_RTE_handleExport($item_name, $export_data)
         $_db = htmlspecialchars(PMA_Util::backquote($db));
         $message  = __('Error in processing request:') . ' '
                   . sprintf(PMA_RTE_getWord('not_found'), $item_name, $_db);
-        $response = PMA_message::error($response);
+        $response = PMA_message::error($message);
         if ($GLOBALS['is_ajax_request'] == true) {
             $response = PMA_Response::getInstance();
             $response->isSuccess(false);