diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9741b3a21b..6344b96cd1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - bug #3925 Table sorting in navigation panel is case-sensitive
 - bug #3915 Import of CSV file (Replace table data with file) with duplicate
 values 
+- bug #3898 Structure not refreshed after column drop 
 
 4.0.1.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #3879 Import broken for CSV using LOAD DATA
diff --git a/js/tbl_structure.js b/js/tbl_structure.js
index f845dc3ac4..c1a3957aa1 100644
--- a/js/tbl_structure.js
+++ b/js/tbl_structure.js
@@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('tbl_structure.js', function () {
         var question = $.sprintf(PMA_messages.strDoYouReally, 'ALTER TABLE `' + escapeHtml(curr_table_name) + '` DROP `' + escapeHtml(curr_column_name) + '`;');
         $(this).PMA_confirm(question, $(this).attr('href'), function (url) {
             var $msg = PMA_ajaxShowMessage(PMA_messages.strDroppingColumn, false);
-            $.get(url, {'is_js_confirmed' : 1, 'ajax_request' : true}, function (data) {
-                if (data.success === true) {
+            $.get(url, {'is_js_confirmed' : 1, 'ajax_request' : true, 'ajax_page_request' : true}, function (data) {
+                if (data.success == true) {
                     PMA_ajaxRemoveMessage($msg);
                     if ($('#result_query').length) {
                         $('#result_query').remove();
@@ -188,8 +188,12 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('tbl_structure.js', function () {
                     }
                     $after_field_item.remove();
                     $curr_row.hide("medium").remove();
+                    //refresh table stats
+                    if (data.tableStat) {
+                        $('#tablestatistics').html(data.tableStat);
+                    }
                     // refresh the list of indexes (comes from sql.php)
-                    $('#indexes').html(data.indexes_list);
+                    $('.index_info').replaceWith(data.indexes_list);
                     PMA_reloadNavigation();
                 } else {
                     PMA_ajaxShowMessage(PMA_messages.strErrorProcessingRequest + " : " + data.error, false);
diff --git a/libraries/Index.class.php b/libraries/Index.class.php
index 68424c5300..39553e2bf9 100644
--- a/libraries/Index.class.php
+++ b/libraries/Index.class.php
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ class PMA_Index
         $no_indexes .= '</div>';
 
         if (! $print_mode) {
-            $r  = '<fieldset>';
+            $r  = '<fieldset class="index_info">';
             $r .= '<legend id="index_header">' . __('Indexes');
             $r .= PMA_Util::showMySQLDocu(
                 'optimization', 'optimizing-database-structure'
diff --git a/libraries/display_structure.lib.php b/libraries/display_structure.lib.php
index dd92ceaec7..096088b110 100644
--- a/libraries/display_structure.lib.php
+++ b/libraries/display_structure.lib.php
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ if (! $tbl_is_view
     && ! $db_is_information_schema
     && 'ARCHIVE' !=  $tbl_storage_engine
 ) {
+    //return the list of index
+    $response->addJSON(
+        'indexes_list', 
+        PMA_Index::getView($GLOBALS['table'], $GLOBALS['db'])
+    ); 
     $response->addHTML(PMA_getHtmlForDisplayIndexes());
 }
 
@@ -247,13 +252,15 @@ if (! $tbl_is_view
 // BEGIN - Calc Table Space
 // Get valid statistics whatever is the table type
 if ($cfg['ShowStats']) {
-    $response->addHTML(
-        PMA_getHtmlForDisplayTableStats(
-            $showtable, $table_info_num_rows, $tbl_is_view,
-            $db_is_information_schema, $tbl_storage_engine,
-            $url_query, $tbl_collation
-        )
+    //get table stats in HTML format
+    $tablestats = PMA_getHtmlForDisplayTableStats(
+        $showtable, $table_info_num_rows, $tbl_is_view,
+        $db_is_information_schema, $tbl_storage_engine,
+        $url_query, $tbl_collation
     );
+    //returning the response in JSON format to be used by Ajax
+    $response->addJSON('tableStat', $tablestats);
+    $response->addHTML($tablestats);
 }
 // END - Calc Table Space