diff --git a/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/sql/AbstractJPASQLQuery.java b/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/sql/AbstractJPASQLQuery.java
index d12ac8751..ac8af57a7 100644
--- a/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/sql/AbstractJPASQLQuery.java
+++ b/querydsl-jpa/src/main/java/com/querydsl/jpa/sql/AbstractJPASQLQuery.java
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractJPASQLQuery<T, Q extends AbstractJPASQLQuery<T, Q>
     public QueryResults<T> fetchResults() {
         // TODO : handle entity projections as well
         try {
-            Query query = createQuery(true);
-            long total = ((Number) query.getSingleResult()).longValue();
+            Query countQuery = createQuery(true);
+            long total = ((Number) countQuery.getSingleResult()).longValue();
             if (total > 0) {
                 QueryModifiers modifiers = queryMixin.getMetadata().getModifiers();
-                query = createQuery(false);
+                Query query = createQuery(false);
                 @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
                 List<T> list = (List<T>) getResultList(query);
                 return new QueryResults<T>(list, modifiers, total);