diff --git a/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php b/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php
index 0515d801f2..87670722aa 100644
--- a/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php
+++ b/phpBB/develop/create_schema_files.php
@@ -926,7 +926,7 @@ function get_schema_struct()
 
 	$schema_data['phpbb_bbcodes'] = array(
 		'COLUMNS'		=> array(
-			'bbcode_id'				=> array('TINT:3', 0),
+			'bbcode_id'				=> array('USINT', 0),
 			'bbcode_tag'			=> array('VCHAR:16', ''),
 			'bbcode_helpline'		=> array('VCHAR_UNI', ''),
 			'display_on_posting'	=> array('BOOL', 0),
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php
index 2b706394c4..0644b38eb1 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/acp/acp_bbcodes.php
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class acp_bbcodes
 							$bbcode_id = NUM_CORE_BBCODES + 1;
 						}
 
-						if ($bbcode_id > 1511)
+						if ($bbcode_id > BBCODE_LIMIT)
 						{
 							trigger_error($user->lang['TOO_MANY_BBCODES'] . adm_back_link($this->u_action), E_USER_WARNING);
 						}
diff --git a/phpBB/includes/constants.php b/phpBB/includes/constants.php
index 90440f74b8..ea34eb8e81 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/constants.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/constants.php
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ define('BBCODE_UID_LEN', 8);
 // Number of core BBCodes
 define('NUM_CORE_BBCODES', 12);
 
+// BBCode hard limit
+define('BBCODE_LIMIT', 1511);
+
 // Smiley hard limit
 define('SMILEY_LIMIT', 1000);
 
diff --git a/phpBB/install/database_update.php b/phpBB/install/database_update.php
index 4d3d51923b..d74d1dab68 100644
--- a/phpBB/install/database_update.php
+++ b/phpBB/install/database_update.php
@@ -916,8 +916,15 @@ function database_update_info()
 		'3.0.7-PL1'		=> array(),
 		// No changes from 3.0.8-RC1 to 3.0.8
 		'3.0.8-RC1'		=> array(),
-		// No changes from 3.0.8 to 3.0.9-RC1
-		'3.0.8'		=> array(),
+
+		// Changes from 3.0.8 to 3.0.9-RC1
+		'3.0.8'			=> array(
+			'change_columns'	=> array(
+				BBCODES_TABLE	=> array(
+					'bbcode_id'	=> array('USINT', 0),
+				),
+			),
+		),
 	);
 }