diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 1330f7c22..e2d23d971 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.8.2"
+VERSION = "1.10.8.3"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/plugins/generic/filesystem.py b/plugins/generic/filesystem.py
index 69ceebb9f..be6fbd30d 100644
--- a/plugins/generic/filesystem.py
+++ b/plugins/generic/filesystem.py
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ class Filesystem(object):
         self.tblField = "data"
 
     def _checkFileLength(self, localFile, remoteFile, fileRead=False):
+        lengthQuery = None
+
         if Backend.isDbms(DBMS.MYSQL):
             lengthQuery = "LENGTH(LOAD_FILE('%s'))" % remoteFile
 
@@ -70,6 +72,9 @@ class Filesystem(object):
         if fileRead and Backend.isDbms(DBMS.PGSQL):
             logger.info("length of read file '%s' cannot be checked on PostgreSQL" % remoteFile)
             sameFile = True
+        elif lengthQuery is None:
+            logger.info("length of the %s file '%s' cannot be checked on %s" % ("read" if fileRead else "written", remoteFile, Backend.getDbms()))
+            sameFile = True
         else:
             logger.debug("checking the length of the remote file '%s'" % remoteFile)
             remoteFileSize = inject.getValue(lengthQuery, resumeValue=False, expected=EXPECTED.INT, charsetType=CHARSET_TYPE.DIGITS)