diff --git a/adminer/db.inc.php b/adminer/db.inc.php
index 9439a30b..d606bf03 100644
--- a/adminer/db.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/db.inc.php
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ if ($adminer->homepage()) {
 				echo " <input type='submit' name='search' value='" . lang('Search') . "'>\n";
 				echo "</div></fieldset>\n";
 				if ($_POST["search"] && $_POST["query"] != "") {
+					$_GET["where"][0]["op"] = "LIKE %%";
 					search_tables();
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
index bbe43c5e..6b82bc0b 100644
--- a/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
+++ b/adminer/include/adminer.inc.php
@@ -512,9 +512,6 @@ class Adminer {
 			}
 		}
 		foreach ((array) $_GET["where"] as $key => $val) {
-			if ($val["op"] == "") {
-				$val["op"] = $_GET["where"][$key]["op"] = "LIKE %%";
-			}
 			if ("$val[col]$val[val]" != "" && in_array($val["op"], $this->operators)) {
 				$prefix = "";
 				$cond = " $val[op]";