diff --git a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.class.php b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.class.php
index 6db52f5767..a957f59f7f 100644
--- a/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.class.php
+++ b/libraries/dbi/DBIMysqli.class.php
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ class PMA_DBI_Mysqli implements PMA_DBI_Extension
         $charsetnr = $f->charsetnr;
         $f = $f->flags;
         $flags = array();
-        foreach ($pma_flag_names as $flag => $name) {
+        foreach ($GLOBALS['pma_flag_names'] as $flag => $name) {
             if ($f & $flag) {
                 $flags[] = $name;
             }