diff --git a/modules/block/block.module b/modules/block/block.module
index 21379b5d27bd..0de6aec1786e 100644
--- a/modules/block/block.module
+++ b/modules/block/block.module
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function block_block($op = 'list', $delta = 0, $edit = array()) {
       break;
 
     case 'view':
-      $block = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT * FROM {boxes} WHERE bid = %d', $delta));
+      $block = db_fetch_object(db_query('SELECT body, format FROM {boxes} WHERE bid = %d', $delta));
       $data['content'] = check_markup($block->body, $block->format, FALSE);
       return $data;
   }