diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 19bc8e22..6938aeab 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-20 09:24:33) stable
+Version 2.0.9 (2012-09-20 09:27:02) stable
diff --git a/gluon/dal.py b/gluon/dal.py
index e4fe3b1d..857bcf84 100644
--- a/gluon/dal.py
+++ b/gluon/dal.py
@@ -4323,7 +4323,8 @@ class GoogleDatastoreAdapter(NoSQLAdapter):
         if first.type != 'id':
             return [GAEF(first.name,'!=',self.represent(second,first.type),lambda a,b:a!=b)]
         else:
-            second = Key.from_path(first._tablename, long(second))
+            if not second is None:
+                second = Key.from_path(first._tablename, long(second))
             return [GAEF(first.name,'!=',second,lambda a,b:a!=b)]
 
     def LT(self,first,second=None):