diff --git a/system/dbupdate_3.4/25999_locale_update.php b/system/dbupdate_3.4/25999_locale_update.php
index a4b2b7421..6b7b5d411 100644
--- a/system/dbupdate_3.4/25999_locale_update.php
+++ b/system/dbupdate_3.4/25999_locale_update.php
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 <?php
 
-if (!$result = @$db->db_query("SELECT LC_Time FROM public.tbl_sprache WHERE LIMIT 1")) {
+if ($result = $db->db_query("SELECT * FROM information_schema.columns WHERE column_name = 'lc_time' AND table_name = 'tbl_sprache' AND table_schema = 'public';")) {
+	if ($db->db_num_rows($result) == 0)
+	{
+		$qry = "
+		ALTER TABLE public.tbl_sprache ADD lc_time VARCHAR(255) ;
+		UPDATE public.tbl_sprache SET lc_time = 'en-GB' where locale ='en-US'; 
+		UPDATE public.tbl_sprache SET lc_time = 'de-AT' where locale ='de-AT'; 
+		";
 
-    $qry = "
-	ALTER TABLE public.tbl_sprache ADD LC_Time VARCHAR(255) ;
-	UPDATE public.tbl_sprache SET LC_Time = 'en-GB' where locale ='en-US'; 
-	UPDATE public.tbl_sprache SET LC_Time = 'de-AT' where locale ='de-AT'; 
-	";
-
-    if (!$db->db_query($qry))
-        echo '<strong>public.tbl_sprache: ' . $db->db_last_error() . '</strong><br>';
-    else
-        echo '<br>public.tbl_sprache: column LC_Time was successfully added';
+		if (!$db->db_query($qry))
+			echo '<strong>public.tbl_sprache: ' . $db->db_last_error() . '</strong><br>';
+		else
+			echo '<br>public.tbl_sprache: column lc_time was successfully added';
+	}
 }