diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 0857259f54..191c9355e4 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * add a close() method to CRAR to prevent leaking file descriptors (CASSANDRA-4820)
  * fix potential infinite loop in get_count (CASSANDRA-4833)
  * fix compositeType.{get/from}String methods (CASSANDRA-4842)
+ * (CQL) fix CREATE COLUMNFAMILY permissions check (CASSANDRA-4864)
+
 
 1.1.6
  * Wait for writes on synchronous read digest mismatch (CASSANDRA-4792)
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql/QueryProcessor.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql/QueryProcessor.java
index ab1c15b6d9..149fb833bd 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql/QueryProcessor.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/cql/QueryProcessor.java
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ public class QueryProcessor
 
             case CREATE_COLUMNFAMILY:
                 CreateColumnFamilyStatement createCf = (CreateColumnFamilyStatement)statement.statement;
-                clientState.hasColumnFamilySchemaAccess(createCf.getName(), Permission.CREATE);
+                clientState.hasColumnFamilySchemaAccess(keyspace, Permission.CREATE);
                 validateSchemaAgreement();
 
                 try