diff --git a/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php b/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php
index fd83f876f64a30b238a508bc156cd930b07930fc..e78b2327fccd310135b2b4adbe1671335b29caae 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/db/mysql.class.php
@@ -800,8 +800,8 @@ class DoliDBMysql
 		if (empty($collation)) $collation=$this->forcecollate;
 
 		// ALTER DATABASE dolibarr_db DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin DEFAULT COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci
-        $sql = "CREATE DATABASE '".$this->escape($database)."'";
-        $sql.= " DEFAULT CHARACTER SET '".$this->escape($charset)."' DEFAULT COLLATE '".$this->escape($collation)."'";
+		$sql = "CREATE DATABASE `".$this->escape($database)."`";
+		$sql.= " DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `".$this->escape($charset)."` DEFAULT COLLATE `".$this->escape($collation)."`";
 
 		dol_syslog($sql,LOG_DEBUG);
 		$ret=$this->query($sql);
diff --git a/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php b/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php
index db2a4481422844eb278cc5a84b6ebc8e61772687..7fa7b357e4ae2bf1c73e7da3f450ddf00a88c09d 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/db/mysqli.class.php
@@ -794,8 +794,8 @@ class DoliDBMysqli
         if (empty($collation)) $collation=$this->forcecollate;
 
         // ALTER DATABASE dolibarr_db DEFAULT CHARACTER SET latin DEFAULT COLLATE latin1_swedish_ci
-        $sql = "CREATE DATABASE '".$this->escape($database)."'";
-        $sql.= " DEFAULT CHARACTER SET '".$this->escape($charset)."' DEFAULT COLLATE '".$this->escape($collation)."'";
+		$sql = "CREATE DATABASE `".$this->escape($database)."`";
+		$sql.= " DEFAULT CHARACTER SET `".$this->escape($charset)."` DEFAULT COLLATE `".$this->escape($collation)."`";
 
         dol_syslog($sql,LOG_DEBUG);
         $ret=$this->query($sql);