diff --git a/libraries/central_columns.lib.php b/libraries/central_columns.lib.php
index f400e95182..cb053cd245 100644
--- a/libraries/central_columns.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/central_columns.lib.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function PMA_getCentralColumnsCount($db)
         return 0;
     }
     $pmadb = $cfgCentralColumns['db'];
-    $GLOBALS['dbi']->selectDb($pmadb);
+    $GLOBALS['dbi']->selectDb($pmadb, $GLOBALS['controllink']);
     $central_list_table = $cfgCentralColumns['table'];
     $query = 'SELECT count(db_name) FROM ' .
                PMA_Util::backquote($central_list_table) . ' '