diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5ec8676130048861c34b57e96f25c9b8462a87b9..7b5447aed23305c954b509771fb98a354a50e087 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ Dolibarr better:
 - Fix: Show sender Country on PDF docs when sender Country <> receiver Country
 - Fix: [ bug #1624 ] Use lowest buying price for margin when selling with POS
 - Fix: [ bug #1749 ] Undefined $mailchimp
+- Fix: [ bug #1736 ] Failing supplier Elephant numeration module with some masks
 
 ***** ChangeLog for 3.6.1 compared to 3.6.* *****
 For users:
diff --git a/htdocs/core/lib/functions2.lib.php b/htdocs/core/lib/functions2.lib.php
index 246af863d12a649de584f929e1a37d872be92aa3..219d00748133c6818155ff3024ff051047e816fd 100644
--- a/htdocs/core/lib/functions2.lib.php
+++ b/htdocs/core/lib/functions2.lib.php
@@ -784,9 +784,10 @@ function get_next_value($db,$mask,$table,$field,$where='',$objsoc='',$date='',$m
     $sql = "SELECT MAX(".$sqlstring.") as val";
     $sql.= " FROM ".MAIN_DB_PREFIX.$table;
     $sql.= " WHERE ".$field." LIKE '".$maskLike."'";
-    $sql.= " AND ".$field." NOT LIKE '%PROV%'";
+	$sql.= " AND ".$field." NOT LIKE '(PROV%)'";
     if ($bentityon) // only if entity enable
     	$sql.= " AND entity IN (".getEntity($table, 1).")";
+
     if ($where) $sql.=$where;
     if ($sqlwhere) $sql.=' AND '.$sqlwhere;