diff --git a/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php b/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php
index 1920ce8fc1..21585e5899 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/db/oracle.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class dbal_oracle extends dbal
 		$this->server = $sqlserver . (($port) ? ':' . $port : '');
 		$this->dbname = $database;
 		
-		$this->db_connect_id = ($new_link) ? @ocinlogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $this->server, 'UTF8') : (($this->persistency) ? @ociplogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $this->server, 'UTF8') : @ocinlogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $this->server, 'UTF8'));
+		$this->db_connect_id = ($new_link) ? @ocinlogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $this->dbname, 'UTF8') : (($this->persistency) ? @ociplogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $this->dbname, 'UTF8') : @ocinlogon($this->user, $sqlpassword, $this->dbname, 'UTF8'));
 
 		return ($this->db_connect_id) ? $this->db_connect_id : $this->sql_error('');
 	}