diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-db.php b/wp-admin/admin-db.php
index f2bac79cdb..a7a1f9b165 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-db.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-db.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function wp_insert_category($catarr) {
 		$category_parent = 0;
 
 	if (!$update) {
-		$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->categories (cat_ID, cat_name, category_nicename, category_description, category_parent) VALUES ('0', '$cat_name', '$category_nicename', '$category_description', '$cat')");
+		$wpdb->query("INSERT INTO $wpdb->categories (cat_ID, cat_name, category_nicename, category_description, category_parent) VALUES ('0', '$cat_name', '$category_nicename', '$category_description', '$category_parent')");
 		$cat_ID = $wpdb->insert_id;
 	} else {
 		$wpdb->query ("UPDATE $wpdb->categories SET cat_name = '$cat_name', category_nicename = '$category_nicename', category_description = '$category_description', category_parent = '$category_parent' WHERE cat_ID = '$cat_ID'");