diff -u b/includes/database/mysql/database.inc b/includes/database/mysql/database.inc
--- b/includes/database/mysql/database.inc
+++ b/includes/database/mysql/database.inc
@@ -487,6 +487,10 @@
     return 'mysql';
   }
 
+  public function needsReservedKeywordEscape() {
+    return $this->needsReservedKeywordEscape;
+  }
+
   public function mapConditionOperator($operator) {
     // We don't want to override any of the defaults.
     return NULL;
diff -u b/includes/database/mysql/schema.inc b/includes/database/mysql/schema.inc
--- b/includes/database/mysql/schema.inc
+++ b/includes/database/mysql/schema.inc
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@
   protected function buildTableNameCondition($table_name, $operator = '=', $add_prefix = TRUE) {
     $info = $this->connection->getConnectionOptions();
 
+    if ($this->connection->needsReservedKeywordEscape()) {
+      // Ensure the table name has not been wrapped in backticks as that is not
+      // necessary or desirable for schema queries.
+      $table_name = str_replace('`', '', $table_name);
+    }
     $table_info = $this->getPrefixInfo($table_name, $add_prefix);
 
     $condition = new DatabaseCondition('AND');