diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 77a80a9101..021baf3189 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 
 4.2.6.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #4471 Undefined index warning with referenced column.
+- bug #4027 $cfg['MaxExactCount'] is ignored when BROWSING is back
 
 4.2.5.0 (2014-06-26)
 - bug #4467 shell_exec() has been disabled for security reasons
diff --git a/doc/config.rst b/doc/config.rst
index 64f16ce22d..6c2a75d213 100644
--- a/doc/config.rst
+++ b/doc/config.rst
@@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ Various display setting
 .. config:option:: $cfg['MaxExactCount']
 
     :type: integer
-    :default: 0
+    :default: 500000
 
     For InnoDB tables, determines for how large tables phpMyAdmin should
     get the exact row count using ``SELECT COUNT``. If the approximate row
diff --git a/libraries/config.default.php b/libraries/config.default.php
index 19c20d74ae..19ce6b4107 100644
--- a/libraries/config.default.php
+++ b/libraries/config.default.php
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ $cfg['BrowseMIME'] = true;
  *
  * @global integer $cfg['MaxExactCount']
  */
-$cfg['MaxExactCount'] = 0;
+$cfg['MaxExactCount'] = 500000;
 
 /**
  * Zero means that no row count is done for views; see the doc
diff --git a/libraries/sql.lib.php b/libraries/sql.lib.php
index 0ca977cab7..7c2fd25407 100644
--- a/libraries/sql.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/sql.lib.php
@@ -1424,11 +1424,30 @@ function PMA_countQueryResults(
         // However, do not count again if we did it previously
         // due to $find_real_end == true
         if ($justBrowsing) {
+            // Get row count (is approximate for InnoDB)
             $unlim_num_rows = PMA_Table::countRecords(
                 $db,
                 $table,
-                true
+                false
             );
+            /**
+             * @todo Can we know at this point that this is InnoDB, 
+             *       (in this case there would be no need for getting
+             *       an exact count)?
+             */
+            if ($unlim_num_rows < $GLOBALS['cfg']['MaxExactCount']) {
+                // Get the exact count if approximate count
+                // is less than MaxExactCount
+                /**
+                 * @todo In countRecords(), MaxExactCount is also verified,
+                 *       so can we avoid checking it twice? 
+                 */
+                $unlim_num_rows = PMA_Table::countRecords(
+                    $db,
+                    $table,
+                    true
+                );
+            }
 
         } else {
             // add select expression after the SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS