diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ad79042853..8050581c9e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #11491 Propose table structure broken
 - issue #11464 phpMyAdmin suggests upgrading to newer version not usable on that system
 - issue #11495 'PMA_Microhistory' is undefined
+- issue #11496 Incorrect definition for getTablesWhenOpen()
 
 4.5.0.1 (2015-09-24)
 - issue #11492 AUTO_INCREMENT statements are partly missing from exports
diff --git a/libraries/Util.class.php b/libraries/Util.class.php
index 4ef5ad106b..72c45e3493 100644
--- a/libraries/Util.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Util.class.php
@@ -4841,7 +4841,7 @@ class PMA_Util
      * @return array $tables list of tables
      *
      */
-    public function getTablesWhenOpen($db, $db_info_result)
+    public static function getTablesWhenOpen($db, $db_info_result)
     {
         $sot_cache = $tables = array();