diff --git a/include/staff/tickets.inc.php b/include/staff/tickets.inc.php
index 595a5205a784948dd0e60b012cdb40b6254e44c9..db70a46699ad191833dd3b2d83c1993080a6ab5d 100644
--- a/include/staff/tickets.inc.php
+++ b/include/staff/tickets.inc.php
@@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ case 'updated':
     break;
 }
 
+// Save the query to the session for exporting
+$_SESSION[':Q:tickets'] = $tickets;
 
 // Rewrite $tickets to use a nested query, which will include the LIMIT part
 // in order to speed the result
@@ -317,9 +319,6 @@ $tickets->annotate(array(
         ->aggregate(array('count' => SqlAggregate::COUNT('entries__id'))),
 ));
 
-// Save the query to the session for exporting
-$_SESSION[':Q:tickets'] = $orig_tickets;
-
 ?>
 
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