diff --git a/libraries/Table.class.php b/libraries/Table.class.php
index 672aec9e79..5201167e16 100644
--- a/libraries/Table.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Table.class.php
@@ -1560,8 +1560,11 @@ class PMA_Table
             if (isset($this->uiprefs[$property])) {
                 // check if the column name is exist in this table
                 $tmp = explode(' ', $this->uiprefs[$property]);
-                $colname = $tmp[0];
-                $avail_columns = $this->getColumns();
+                $colname = $tmp[0];               
+                //remove backquoting from colname 
+                $colname = str_replace('`', '', $colname);
+                //get the available column name without backquoting
+                $avail_columns = $this->getColumns(false);
                 foreach ($avail_columns as $each_col) {
                     // check if $each_col ends with $colname
                     if (substr_compare(
diff --git a/libraries/sql.lib.php b/libraries/sql.lib.php
index 8cf8f99927..bc1261248c 100644
--- a/libraries/sql.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/sql.lib.php
@@ -230,6 +230,9 @@ function PMA_handleSortOrder($db, $table, &$analyzed_sql_results, &$full_sql_que
     if (empty($analyzed_sql_results['analyzed_sql'][0]['order_by_clause'])) {
         $sorted_col = $pmatable->getUiProp(PMA_Table::PROP_SORTED_COLUMN);
         if ($sorted_col) {
+            //remove the backquoting and tablename from retrived preference to get just column name
+            $sorted_col = str_replace('`', '', $sorted_col);
+            $sorted_col = str_replace($table . '.', '', $sorted_col);
             // retrieve the remembered sorting order for current table
             $sql_order_to_append = ' ORDER BY ' . $sorted_col . ' ';
             $full_sql_query