diff --git a/db/Experiment.pm.in b/db/Experiment.pm.in
index 4e7472a7df64a0270a683c77149153edf429e0af..4aad8e3271b0e3c82e978537f0924bf712fc8a4b 100644
--- a/db/Experiment.pm.in
+++ b/db/Experiment.pm.in
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ sub Create($$$$)
     # Lets be real sure that the UUID is really unique.
     #
     $query_result =
-	DBQueryWarn("select pid,eid from experiment_stats ".
+	DBQueryWarn("select pid,eid from experiments ".
 		    "where eid_uuid='$uuid'");
     if (! $query_result) {
 	DBQueryWarn("unlock tables");