diff --git a/libraries/schema/User_Schema.class.php b/libraries/schema/User_Schema.class.php
index ae0a629e7d..29b1bf362f 100644
--- a/libraries/schema/User_Schema.class.php
+++ b/libraries/schema/User_Schema.class.php
@@ -526,8 +526,12 @@ class PMA_User_Schema
             echo '<div id="table_' . $i . '" class="pdflayout_table"><u>' . $temp_sh_page['table_name'] . '</u>';
             if (isset($with_field_names)) {
                 $fields = PMA_DBI_get_columns($db, $temp_sh_page['table_name']);
-                foreach ($fields as $row) {
-                    echo '<br />' . htmlspecialchars($row['Field']) . "\n";
+                // if the table has been dropped from outside phpMyAdmin,
+                // we can no longer obtain its columns list
+                if ($fields) {
+                    foreach ($fields as $row) {
+                        echo '<br />' . htmlspecialchars($row['Field']) . "\n";
+                    }
                 }
             }
             echo '</div>' . "\n";