diff --git a/js/navigation.js b/js/navigation.js
index 5ce805c278..33e829ce21 100644
--- a/js/navigation.js
+++ b/js/navigation.js
@@ -199,9 +199,9 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
     /* Jump to recent table */
     $('#recentTable').change(function() {
         if (this.value != '') {
-            var arr = this.value.split('.');
-            window.parent.setDb(arr[0]);
-            window.parent.setTable(arr[1]);
+            var arr = jQuery.parseJSON(this.value);
+            window.parent.setDb(arr['db']);
+            window.parent.setTable(arr['table']);
             window.parent.refreshMain($('#LeftDefaultTabTable')[0].value);
         }
     });
diff --git a/libraries/RecentTable.class.php b/libraries/RecentTable.class.php
index bfb60818fa..def9c37c03 100644
--- a/libraries/RecentTable.class.php
+++ b/libraries/RecentTable.class.php
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class PMA_RecentTable
 
         $row = PMA_DBI_fetch_array(PMA_query_as_controluser($sql_query));
         if (isset($row[0])) {
-            return json_decode($row[0]);
+            return json_decode($row[0], true);
         } else {
             return array();
         }
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ class PMA_RecentTable
         $html = '<option value="">(' . __('Recent tables') . ') ...</option>';
         if (count($this->tables)) {
             foreach ($this->tables as $table) {
-                $html .= '<option value="' . htmlspecialchars($table) . '">' . htmlspecialchars($table) . '</option>';
+                $html .= '<option value="' . htmlspecialchars(json_encode($table)) . '">' .
+                         htmlspecialchars('`' . $table['db'] . '`.`' . $table['table'] . '`') . '</option>';
             }
         } else {
             $html .= '<option value="">' . __('There are no recent tables') . '</option>';
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ class PMA_RecentTable
     {
         $html  = '<input type="hidden" name="goto" id="LeftDefaultTabTable" value="' .
                          htmlspecialchars($GLOBALS['cfg']['LeftDefaultTabTable']) . '" />';
-        $html .= '<select name="table" id="recentTable">';
+        $html .= '<select name="selected_recent_table" id="recentTable">';
         $html .= $this->getHtmlSelectOption();
         $html .= '</select>';
         
@@ -176,12 +177,14 @@ class PMA_RecentTable
      */
     public function add($db, $table)
     {
-        $table_str = $db . '.' . $table;
+        $table_arr = array();
+        $table_arr['db'] = $db;
+        $table_arr['table'] = $table;
 
         // add only if this is new table
-        if (! isset($this->tables[0]) || $this->tables[0] != $table_str) {
-            array_unshift($this->tables, $table_str);
-            $this->tables = array_merge(array_unique($this->tables));
+        if (! isset($this->tables[0]) || $this->tables[0] != $table_arr) {
+            array_unshift($this->tables, $table_arr);
+            $this->tables = array_merge(array_unique($this->tables, SORT_REGULAR));
             $this->trim();
             if (isset($this->pma_table)) {
                 return $this->saveToDb();
diff --git a/libraries/common.inc.php b/libraries/common.inc.php
index 2b2cf60a9f..beb7f7b6c7 100644
--- a/libraries/common.inc.php
+++ b/libraries/common.inc.php
@@ -510,21 +510,22 @@ if (PMA_isValid($_REQUEST['db'])) {
  */
 $GLOBALS['table'] = '';
 if (PMA_isValid($_REQUEST['table'])) {
-    // check if specified table contain db name
-    if (strpos($_REQUEST['table'], '.')) {
-        $splitted = explode('.', $_REQUEST['table']);
-        if (count($splitted) == 2) {    // make sure the format is "db.table"
-            $GLOBALS['db'] = $splitted[0];
-            $GLOBALS['url_params']['db'] = $GLOBALS['db'];
-            $GLOBALS['table'] = $splitted[1];
-            $GLOBALS['url_params']['table'] = $GLOBALS['table'];
-        }
-    } else {
-        // can we strip tags from this?
-        // only \ and / is not allowed in table names for MySQL
-        $GLOBALS['table'] = $_REQUEST['table'];
-        $GLOBALS['url_params']['table'] = $GLOBALS['table'];
-    }
+    // can we strip tags from this?
+    // only \ and / is not allowed in table names for MySQL
+    $GLOBALS['table'] = $_REQUEST['table'];
+    $GLOBALS['url_params']['table'] = $GLOBALS['table'];
+}
+
+/**
+ * Store currently selected recent table.
+ * Affect $GLOBALS['db'] and $GLOBALS['table']
+ */
+if (PMA_isValid($_REQUEST['selected_recent_table'])) {
+    $recent_table = json_decode($_REQUEST['selected_recent_table'], true);
+    $GLOBALS['db'] = $recent_table['db'];
+    $GLOBALS['url_params']['db'] = $GLOBALS['db'];
+    $GLOBALS['table'] = $recent_table['table'];
+    $GLOBALS['url_params']['table'] = $GLOBALS['table'];
 }
 
 /**