diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 0b9c39572d..5ee8714d13 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3941 Recent tables list always empty
 - bug #3933 Do not translate "Open Document" in export settings
 - bug #3927 List of tables is missing after expanding in the navigation frame
-- bug #3942 Warnings about reserved word for many non reserved words 
+- bug #3942 Warnings about reserved word for many non reserved words
+- bug #3912 Exporting row selection, resulted by ORDER BY query
 
 4.0.2.0 (2013-05-24)
 - bug #3902 Cannot browse when table name contains keyword "call"
diff --git a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
index abf8205ce3..233acf05f6 100644
--- a/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/database_interface.lib.php
@@ -2099,4 +2099,36 @@ function PMA_isSystemSchema($schema_name, $test_for_mysql_schema = false)
             || (PMA_DRIZZLE && strtolower($schema_name) == 'data_dictionary')
             || ($test_for_mysql_schema && !PMA_DRIZZLE && $schema_name == 'mysql');
 }
+
+/**
+ * Get regular expression which occur first inside the given sql query.
+ *
+ * @param Array $regex_array Comparing regular expressions.
+ * @param String $query SQL query to be checked.
+ *
+ * @return String Matching regular expression.
+ */
+function PMA_getFirstOccurringRegularExpression($regex_array, $query)
+{
+    
+    $minimum_first_occurence_index = null;
+    $regex = null;
+    
+    for ($i = 0; $i < count($regex_array); $i++) {
+        if (preg_match($regex_array[$i], $query, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE)) {
+            
+            if (is_null($minimum_first_occurence_index)
+                || ($matches[0][1] < $minimum_first_occurence_index)
+            ) {
+                $regex = $regex_array[$i];
+                $minimum_first_occurence_index = $matches[0][1];
+            }
+            
+        }
+    }
+    
+    return $regex;
+    
+}
+
 ?>
diff --git a/tbl_export.php b/tbl_export.php
index 557dcb352b..fbc585c6e9 100644
--- a/tbl_export.php
+++ b/tbl_export.php
@@ -37,14 +37,27 @@ if (! empty($sql_query)) {
     // Need to generate WHERE clause?
     if (isset($where_clause)) {
 
-        $temp_sql_array = preg_split("/\bwhere\b/i", $sql_query);
+        // Regular expressions which can appear in sql query,
+        // before the sql segment which remains as it is.
+        $regex_array = array(
+            '/\bwhere\b/i', '/\bgroup by\b/i', '/\bhaving\b/i', '/\border by\b/i'
+        );
+        
+        $first_occurring_regex = PMA_getFirstOccurringRegularExpression(
+            $regex_array, $sql_query
+        );
+        unset($regex_array);
 
         // The part "SELECT `id`, `name` FROM `customers`"
         // is not modified by the next code segment, when exporting 
         // the result set from a query such as
         // "SELECT `id`, `name` FROM `customers` WHERE id NOT IN
         //  ( SELECT id FROM companies WHERE name LIKE '%u%')"
-        $sql_query = $temp_sql_array[0];
+        if (! is_null($first_occurring_regex)) {
+            $temp_sql_array = preg_split($first_occurring_regex, $sql_query);
+            $sql_query = $temp_sql_array[0];
+        }
+        unset($first_occurring_regex, $temp_sql_array);
 
         // Append the where clause using the primary key of each row
         if (is_array($where_clause) && (count($where_clause) > 0)) {