diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/discussion/DiscussionServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/discussion/DiscussionServiceImpl.java
index b9cc7e3a73..30cb24972c 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/discussion/DiscussionServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/discussion/DiscussionServiceImpl.java
@@ -948,7 +948,15 @@ public class DiscussionServiceImpl implements DiscussionService
          @Override
          public boolean hasMoreItems() 
          {
-            return finalLuceneResults.hasMore();
+            try
+            {
+               return finalLuceneResults.hasMore();
+            }
+            catch(UnsupportedOperationException e)
+            {
+               // Not all lucene results support paging
+               return false;
+            }
          }
 
          @Override
@@ -959,6 +967,10 @@ public class DiscussionServiceImpl implements DiscussionService
             try
             {
                skipCount = finalLuceneResults.getStart();
+            }
+            catch(UnsupportedOperationException e) {}
+            try
+            {
                itemsRemainingAfterThisPage = finalLuceneResults.length();
             }
             catch(UnsupportedOperationException e) {}
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/links/LinksServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/links/LinksServiceImpl.java
index 1e17525881..7f65e283d6 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/links/LinksServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/links/LinksServiceImpl.java
@@ -435,14 +435,33 @@ public class LinksServiceImpl implements LinksService
           @Override
           public boolean hasMoreItems() 
           {
-             return finalLuceneResults.hasMore();
+             try
+             {
+                return finalLuceneResults.hasMore();
+             }
+             catch(UnsupportedOperationException e)
+             {
+                // Not all lucene results support paging
+                return false;
+             }
           }
 
           @Override
           public Pair<Integer, Integer> getTotalResultCount() 
           {
-             int skipCount = finalLuceneResults.getStart();
-             int itemsRemainingAfterThisPage = finalLuceneResults.length();
+             int skipCount = 0;
+             int itemsRemainingAfterThisPage = 0;
+             try
+             {
+                skipCount = finalLuceneResults.getStart();
+             }
+             catch(UnsupportedOperationException e) {}
+             try
+             {
+                itemsRemainingAfterThisPage = finalLuceneResults.length();
+             }
+             catch(UnsupportedOperationException e) {}
+             
              final int totalItemsInUnpagedResultSet = skipCount + itemsRemainingAfterThisPage;
              return new Pair<Integer, Integer>(totalItemsInUnpagedResultSet, totalItemsInUnpagedResultSet);
           }