diff --git a/chainable_api.go b/chainable_api.go
index d5a0907d..88279044 100644
--- a/chainable_api.go
+++ b/chainable_api.go
@@ -50,15 +50,14 @@ func (db *DB) Table(name string, args ...interface{}) (tx *DB) {
 		tx.Statement.TableExpr = &clause.Expr{SQL: name, Vars: args}
 		if results := tableRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(name); len(results) == 2 {
 			tx.Statement.Table = results[1]
-			return
 		}
 	} else if tables := strings.Split(name, "."); len(tables) == 2 {
 		tx.Statement.TableExpr = &clause.Expr{SQL: tx.Statement.Quote(name)}
 		tx.Statement.Table = tables[1]
-		return
+	} else {
+		tx.Statement.TableExpr = &clause.Expr{SQL: tx.Statement.Quote(name)}
+		tx.Statement.Table = name
 	}
-
-	tx.Statement.Table = name
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/table_test.go b/tests/table_test.go
index 0c6b3eb0..0289b7b8 100644
--- a/tests/table_test.go
+++ b/tests/table_test.go
@@ -30,6 +30,26 @@ func TestTable(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Table with escape character, got %v", r.Statement.SQL.String())
 	}
 
+	r = dryDB.Table("`people`").Table("`user`").Find(&User{}).Statement
+	if !regexp.MustCompile("SELECT \\* FROM `user`").MatchString(r.Statement.SQL.String()) {
+		t.Errorf("Table with escape character, got %v", r.Statement.SQL.String())
+	}
+
+	r = dryDB.Table("people as p").Table("user as u").Find(&User{}).Statement
+	if !regexp.MustCompile("SELECT \\* FROM user as u WHERE .u.\\..deleted_at. IS NULL").MatchString(r.Statement.SQL.String()) {
+		t.Errorf("Table with escape character, got %v", r.Statement.SQL.String())
+	}
+
+	r = dryDB.Table("people as p").Table("user").Find(&User{}).Statement
+	if !regexp.MustCompile("SELECT \\* FROM .user. WHERE .user.\\..deleted_at. IS NULL").MatchString(r.Statement.SQL.String()) {
+		t.Errorf("Table with escape character, got %v", r.Statement.SQL.String())
+	}
+
+	r = dryDB.Table("gorm.people").Table("user").Find(&User{}).Statement
+	if !regexp.MustCompile("SELECT \\* FROM .user. WHERE .user.\\..deleted_at. IS NULL").MatchString(r.Statement.SQL.String()) {
+		t.Errorf("Table with escape character, got %v", r.Statement.SQL.String())
+	}
+
 	r = dryDB.Table("gorm.user").Select("name").Find(&User{}).Statement
 	if !regexp.MustCompile("SELECT .name. FROM .gorm.\\..user. WHERE .user.\\..deleted_at. IS NULL").MatchString(r.Statement.SQL.String()) {
 		t.Errorf("Table with escape character, got %v", r.Statement.SQL.String())