diff --git a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
index 8f6725e9..f2144ba7 100644
--- a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ document.getElementById('username').focus();
 	function selectVal($val, $link, $field) {
 		$return = ($val != "<i>NULL</i>" && $field["type"] == "char" ? "<code>$val</code>" : $val);
 		if (ereg('binary|blob|bytea|raw|file', $field["type"]) && !is_utf8($val)) {
-			$return = lang('%d byte(s)', strlen($val));
+			$return = lang('%d byte(s)', strlen(html_entity_decode($val, ENT_QUOTES)));
 		}
 		return ($link ? "<a href='$link'>$return</a>" : $return);
 	}