diff --git a/adminer/call.inc.php b/adminer/call.inc.php
index f9871d53..8753e90e 100644
--- a/adminer/call.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/call.inc.php
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ if (!$error && $_POST) {
 	}
 	$result = $connection->multi_query((isset($_GET["callf"]) ? "SELECT" : "CALL") . " " . idf_escape($PROCEDURE) . "(" . implode(", ", $call) . ")");
 	if (!$result) {
-		echo "<p class='error'>" . h($connection->error) . "\n";
+		echo "<p class='error'>" . error() . "\n";
 	} else {
 		do {
 			$result = $connection->store_result();
diff --git a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
index 21d1c13e..dba76517 100644
--- a/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/functions.inc.php
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ function query_redirect($query, $location, $message, $redirect = true, $execute
 		$sql = $adminer->messageQuery($query);
 	}
 	if ($failed) {
-		$error = h($connection->error) . $sql;
+		$error = error() . $sql;
 		return false;
 	}
 	if ($redirect) {
diff --git a/adminer/include/mysql.inc.php b/adminer/include/mysql.inc.php
index 3b3dcc56..11e495f1 100644
--- a/adminer/include/mysql.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/mysql.inc.php
@@ -372,6 +372,14 @@ function information_schema($db) {
 	return ($connection->server_info >= 5 && $db == "information_schema");
 }
 
+/** Get escaped error message
+* @return string
+*/
+function error() {
+	global $connection;
+	return h(preg_replace('~^You have an error.*syntax to use~U', "Syntax error", $connection->error));
+}
+
 /** Return expression for binary comparison
 * @param string
 * @return string
diff --git a/adminer/select.inc.php b/adminer/select.inc.php
index 4531fa6b..b7d4917f 100644
--- a/adminer/select.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/select.inc.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if (isset($rights["insert"])) {
 $adminer->selectLinks($table_status, $set);
 
 if (!$columns) {
-	echo "<p class='error'>" . lang('Unable to select the table') . ($fields ? "" : ": " . h($connection->error)) . ".\n";
+	echo "<p class='error'>" . lang('Unable to select the table') . ($fields ? "" : ": " . error()) . ".\n";
 } else {
 	echo "<form action='' id='form'>\n";
 	echo "<div style='display: none;'>";
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ if (!$columns) {
 	
 	$result = $connection->query($query);
 	if (!$result) {
-		echo "<p class='error'>" . h($connection->error) . "\n";
+		echo "<p class='error'>" . error() . "\n";
 	} else {
 		$email_fields = array();
 		echo "<form action='' method='post' enctype='multipart/form-data'>\n";
diff --git a/adminer/sql.inc.php b/adminer/sql.inc.php
index 61d309d1..0045b2e5 100644
--- a/adminer/sql.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/sql.inc.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if (!$error && $_POST) {
 						$start = explode(" ", microtime()); // microtime(true) is available since PHP 5
 						//! don't allow changing of character_set_results, convert encoding of displayed query
 						if (!$connection->multi_query($q)) {
-							echo "<p class='error'>" . lang('Error in query') . ": " . h(preg_replace('~^You have an error.*syntax to use~U', "Syntax error", $connection->error)) . "\n";
+							echo "<p class='error'>" . lang('Error in query') . ": " . error() . "\n";
 							if ($_POST["error_stops"]) {
 								break;
 							}
diff --git a/adminer/table.inc.php b/adminer/table.inc.php
index 94563932..544f5424 100644
--- a/adminer/table.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/table.inc.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 $TABLE = $_GET["table"];
 $fields = fields($TABLE);
 if (!$fields) {
-	$error = h($connection->error);
+	$error = error();
 }
 $table_status = ($fields ? table_status($TABLE) : array());