diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java
index 117cc3f0..e0da07c5 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/sqoop/mapreduce/netezza/NetezzaExternalTableExportJob.java
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ protected void configureOutputFormat(Job job, String tableName,
 
       String [] colNames = options.getColumns();
       if (null == colNames) {
-        colNames = mgr.getColumnNames(tableName);
+        colNames = mgr.getColumnNames(tableName.substring(tableName.lastIndexOf('.')+1));
       }
 
       if (mgr.escapeTableNameOnExport()) {