diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3e20ed00de..b6bff6cb01 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #11389 ReCaptcha produces deprecated messages under PHP 7
 - issue #11387 phpseclib < 2.0 produces deprecated messages on PHP 7
 - issue #11404 "Switch to copied table" doesn't work
+- issue #11406 Missing quotes after calling "distinct values"
 
 4.4.13.1 (2015-08-08)
 - issue #11368 SQL error when importing phpMyAdmin dump file
diff --git a/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php b/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php
index c043658a64..db5e64853c 100644
--- a/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php
+++ b/libraries/DisplayResults.class.php
@@ -3161,7 +3161,9 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
 
             $display_params = $this->__get('display_params');
 
-            if ($meta->numeric == 1) {
+            // in some situations (issue 11406), numeric returns 1
+            // even for a string type
+            if ($meta->numeric == 1 && $meta->type != 'string') {
                 // n u m e r i c
 
                 $display_params['data'][$row_no][$i]
@@ -3728,7 +3730,7 @@ class PMA_DisplayResults
     /**
      * Prepare data cell for numeric type fields
      *
-     * @param string        $column                the relevant column in data row
+     * @param string        $column                the column's value
      * @param string        $class                 the html class for column
      * @param boolean       $condition_field       the column should highlighted
      *                                             or not