diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java
index 0d95eb5364..ec71b5a258 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImpl.java
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ public class BlogServiceImpl implements BlogService
         {
             luceneResults = searchService.query(sp);
             final ResultSet finalLuceneResults = luceneResults;
+            final List<NodeRef> nodeRefs = finalLuceneResults.getNodeRefs();
             
             results = new PagingResults<BlogPostInfo>()
             {
@@ -317,7 +318,6 @@ public class BlogServiceImpl implements BlogService
                 @Override
                 public List<BlogPostInfo> getPage()
                 {
-                    List<NodeRef> nodeRefs = finalLuceneResults.getNodeRefs();
                     List<BlogPostInfo> blogPostInfos = new ArrayList<BlogPostInfo>(nodeRefs.size());
                     for (NodeRef nodeRef : nodeRefs)
                     {
diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImplTest.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImplTest.java
index 9bbf355931..ac3e4340dd 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImplTest.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/blog/BlogServiceImplTest.java
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ public class BlogServiceImplTest
     /**
      * This test method uses the eventually consistent find*() method and so may fail if Lucene is disabled.
      */
-    public void findBlogPostsByPublishedDate() throws Exception
+    @Test public void findBlogPostsByPublishedDate() throws Exception
     {
         final List<String> tags = Arrays.asList(new String[]{"hello", "goodbye"});