diff --git a/django/db/backends/mysql/introspection.py b/django/db/backends/mysql/introspection.py
index 28f3ac13ef..d33b5bbfe1 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/mysql/introspection.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/mysql/introspection.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.db.backends.mysql.base import quote_name
 from MySQLdb.constants import FIELD_TYPE
 
 def get_table_list(cursor):
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ 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" % quote_name(table_name))
     return cursor.description
 
 def get_relations(cursor, table_name):
diff --git a/django/db/backends/postgresql/introspection.py b/django/db/backends/postgresql/introspection.py
index 778a8e84cb..c06b523211 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/postgresql/introspection.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/postgresql/introspection.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from django.db.backends.postgresql.base import quote_name
+
 def get_table_list(cursor):
     "Returns a list of table names in the current database."
     cursor.execute("""
@@ -11,7 +13,7 @@ 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" % quote_name(table_name))
     return cursor.description
 
 def get_relations(cursor, table_name):
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py
index 499a4cba84..74c19e22bf 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/introspection.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+from django.db.backends.sqlite3.base import quote_name
+
 def get_table_list(cursor):
     cursor.execute("SELECT name FROM sqlite_master WHERE type='table' ORDER BY name")
     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)" % quote_name(table_name))
     return [(row[1], row[2], None, None) for row in cursor.fetchall()]
 
 def get_relations(cursor, table_name):