diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index 25b857d1b9..35f8e5664d 100644
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -3013,7 +3013,7 @@ function PMA_createqTip($elements, content, options) {
 function PMA_getCellValue(td) {
     if ($(td).is('.null')) {
         return '';
-    } else if ($(td).data('original_data')) {
+    } else if (! $(td).is('.to_be_saved') && $(td).data('original_data')) {
         return $(td).data('original_data');
     } else if ($(td).is(':not(.transformed, .relation, .enum, .set, .null)')) {
         return unescape($(td).find('span').html()).replace(/<br>/g, "\n");