diff --git a/database/updates.inc b/database/updates.inc
index d641da08b150de70228048bffd3458900cdd804a..c5ebdb71d1f8b0b11d64947db0c9fa4bf2ad9c92 100644
--- a/database/updates.inc
+++ b/database/updates.inc
@@ -2020,7 +2020,7 @@ function system_update_183() {
   switch ($GLOBALS['db_type']) {
     case 'mysql':
     case 'mysqli':
-    $ret[] = update_sql("CREATE TABLE blocks_roles (
+    $ret[] = update_sql("CREATE TABLE {blocks_roles} (
       module varchar(64) NOT NULL,
       delta varchar(32) NOT NULL,
       rid int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
@@ -2029,7 +2029,7 @@ function system_update_183() {
     break;
 
     case 'pgsql':
-    $ret[] = update_sql("CREATE TABLE blocks_roles (
+    $ret[] = update_sql("CREATE TABLE {blocks_roles} (
       module varchar(64) NOT NULL,
       delta varchar(32) NOT NULL,
       rid integer NOT NULL,