diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
index c24a008..3c5b940 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_utility.php
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 					$v = str_replace('\\\t', '\t',	$v);
 
 					// Is the value NULL?
-					if ($v == NULL)
+					if ($v === NULL)
 					{
 						$val_str .= 'NULL';
 					}
diff --git a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
index 1d91063..3c90946 100644
--- a/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
+++ b/system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_utility.php
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
 					$v = str_replace('\\\t', '\t',	$v);
 				
 					// Is the value NULL?
-					if ($v == NULL)
+					if ($v === NULL)
 					{
 						$val_str .= 'NULL';
 					}
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 89276e2..c516a4c 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the typography helper causing extraneous paragraph tags when string contains tags.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug in the Encryption Library to support modes other than MCRYPT_MODE_ECB</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#3175) preventing certain libraries from working properly when autoloaded in PHP 4</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug (#3260) in MySQL backup utility where variables with loose type equivalents to NULL would be output as MySQL NULL.</li>
 	<li>Fixed an example of comma-separated emails in the email library documentation.</li>
     <li>Fixed an example in the Calendar library for Showing Next/Previous Month Links.</li>
     <li>Fixed a typo in the database language file.</li>