diff --git a/auth/db/lib.php b/auth/db/lib.php
index aaf8eee9622..d791ebef0c0 100644
--- a/auth/db/lib.php
+++ b/auth/db/lib.php
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ function auth_get_userinfo($username){
 
     foreach ($fields as $field) {
         if ($pcfg["field_map_$field"]) {
-            if ($rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT ".$pcfg["field_map_$field"]." FROM $CFG->auth_dbtable
+            if ($rs = $authdb->Execute("SELECT ".$pcfg["field_map_$field"]." as myfield FROM $CFG->auth_dbtable
                                         WHERE $CFG->auth_dbfielduser = '$username'")) {
                 if ( $rs->RecordCount() == 1 ) {
                     if (!empty($CFG->unicodedb)) {
-                        $result["$field"] = addslashes(stripslashes($rs->fields[0]));
+                        $result["$field"] = addslashes(stripslashes($rs->fields['myfield']));
                     } else {
-                        $result["$field"] = addslashes(stripslashes(utf8_decode($rs->fields[0])));
+                        $result["$field"] = addslashes(stripslashes(utf8_decode($rs->fields['myfield'])));
                     }
                 }
             }