diff --git a/administrator/components/com_menus/models/fields/menuordering.php b/administrator/components/com_menus/models/fields/menuordering.php
index 1ec76aa85aa2d..52f311a1eba9e 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_menus/models/fields/menuordering.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_menus/models/fields/menuordering.php
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ protected function getOptions()
 
 		$db = JFactory::getDbo();
 		$query = $db->getQuery(true)
-			->select('a.id AS value, a.title AS text, a.client_id AS clientId')
+			->select('a.id AS value, a.title AS text, a.client_id AS ' . $db->quoteName('clientId'))
 			->from('#__menu AS a')
 
 			->where('a.published >= 0')