Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/paginator-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/paginator-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.22.2.3 -r1.22.2.4
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/paginator-procs.tcl	14 Sep 2016 15:11:08 -0000	1.22.2.3
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-templating/tcl/paginator-procs.tcl	14 Sep 2016 16:12:23 -0000	1.22.2.4
@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@
   if {$original_query eq ""} {
       # ...which was slightly modified to keep the original query untampered.
       set list_name [lindex [split $name ,] 0]
-      if {![catch {template::list::get_reference -name $list_name}]} {
+      if {[info exists ::[template::list::get_refname -name $list_name]]} {
+          template::list::get_reference -name $list_name
           set original_query $list_properties(page_query_original)
       }
   }