diff --git a/gluon/dal/adapters/google.py b/gluon/dal/adapters/google.py
index 86c3ef3c..00e75cc1 100644
--- a/gluon/dal/adapters/google.py
+++ b/gluon/dal/adapters/google.py
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class GoogleDatastoreAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
                     db['_lastcursor'] = cursor
             else:
                 # if a limit is not specified, always return an iterator
-                rows = query
+                items = query
 
         return (items, tablename, projection or db[tablename].fields)