diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
index 0e31af13fc..643b51fcd4 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ def get_table_list(cursor):
 
 def get_table_description(cursor, table_name):
     "Returns a description of the table, with the DB-API cursor.description interface."
-    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM %s LIMIT 1" % table_name)
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM %s LIMIT 1" % DatabaseWrapper.quote_name(table_name))
     return cursor.description
 
 def get_relations(cursor, table_name):
diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py b/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py
index a4ce5b39ee..c2eb072cdb 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/postgresql.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def get_table_list(cursor):
 
 def get_table_description(cursor, table_name):
     "Returns a description of the table, with the DB-API cursor.description interface."
-    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM %s LIMIT 1" % table_name)
+    cursor.execute("SELECT * FROM %s LIMIT 1" % DatabaseWrapper().quote_name(table_name))
     return cursor.description
 
 def get_relations(cursor, table_name):
diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py b/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
index 1a4a80d632..3d466a60c6 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def get_table_list(cursor):
     return [row[0] for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
 def get_table_description(cursor, table_name):
-    cursor.execute("PRAGMA table_info(%s)" % table_name)
+    cursor.execute("PRAGMA table_info(%s)" % DatabaseWrapper.quote_name(table_name))
     return [(row[1], row[2], None, None) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
 def get_relations(cursor, table_name):