diff --git a/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb b/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb
index d2b60cfdc..5e10feeee 100644
--- a/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb
+++ b/lib/kaminari/helpers/paginator.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def initialize(template, options) #:nodoc:
         @options[:current_page] = PageProxy.new @window_options.merge(@options), @options[:current_page], nil
         #FIXME for compatibility. remove num_pages at some time in the future
         @options[:total_pages] ||= @options[:num_pages]
+        @last = nil
         # initialize the output_buffer for Context
         @output_buffer = ActionView::OutputBuffer.new
       end