diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e0a965fd43..ed2bc13cda 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #11627 CREATE TABLE/INSERT INTO executed twice (ctrl+enter)
 - issue #11630 Warning: mysqli_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be mysqli_result, boolean given
 - issue #11632 Exporting GIS visualization ignores start and row count
+- issue #11476 Errors instead of git info when PHP has no gzip support
 
 4.5.1.0 (2015-10-23)
 - issue        Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
diff --git a/libraries/Config.class.php b/libraries/Config.class.php
index 67b1ca1e1a..cfb4b66568 100644
--- a/libraries/Config.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Config.class.php
@@ -500,7 +500,9 @@ class PMA_Config
         }
 
         $commit = false;
-        if (! isset($_SESSION['PMA_VERSION_COMMITDATA_' . $hash])) {
+        if (isset($_SESSION['PMA_VERSION_COMMITDATA_' . $hash])) {
+            $commit = $_SESSION['PMA_VERSION_COMMITDATA_' . $hash];
+        } elseif (function_exists('gzuncompress')) {
             $git_file_name = $git_folder . '/objects/'
                 . substr($hash, 0, 2) . '/' . substr($hash, 2);
             if (file_exists($git_file_name) ) {
@@ -648,8 +650,6 @@ class PMA_Config
                     fclose($pack_file);
                 }
             }
-        } else {
-            $commit = $_SESSION['PMA_VERSION_COMMITDATA_' . $hash];
         }
 
         // check if commit exists in Github