diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1047102469..d7f2ed171e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ underscore
 - bug #3874 [export] No preselected option when exporting table
 - bug #3873 Can't copy table to target database if table exists there
 - bug #3683 Incorrect listing of records from to count
+- bug #3876 [import] PHP 5.2 - unexpected T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM
 
 3.5.9.0 (not yet released)
 
diff --git a/libraries/display_import.lib.php b/libraries/display_import.lib.php
index 72659e0531..7e90d9ffd6 100644
--- a/libraries/display_import.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_import.lib.php
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ if ($_SESSION[$SESSION_KEY]["handler"] != "UploadNoplugin") {
 echo ' class="ajax"';
 ?>>
     <input type="hidden" name="<?php
-        echo $_SESSION[$SESSION_KEY]["handler"]::getIdKey();
+        echo call_user_func($_SESSION[$SESSION_KEY]['handler'] . '::getIdKey');
     ?>" value="<?php echo $upload_id ; ?>" />
 
     <?php
diff --git a/libraries/display_import_ajax.lib.php b/libraries/display_import_ajax.lib.php
index c98d8963b4..e747d418da 100644
--- a/libraries/display_import_ajax.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_import_ajax.lib.php
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ function PMA_importAjaxStatus($id)
 {
     header('Content-type: application/json');
     echo json_encode(
-        $_SESSION[$GLOBALS['SESSION_KEY']]['handler']::getUploadStatus($id)
+        call_user_func(
+            $_SESSION[$GLOBALS['SESSION_KEY']]['handler'] . '::getUploadStatus',
+            $id
+        )
     );
 }
 ?>