diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php
index a65c73328..e44be6c57 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountOutputWalker.php
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ class CountOutputWalker extends SqlWalker
             throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot count query which selects two FROM components, cannot make distinction");
         }
 
-        $rootAlias      = $from[0]->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
+        $fromRoot       = reset($from);
+        $rootAlias      = $fromRoot->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
         $rootClass      = $this->queryComponents[$rootAlias]['metadata'];
         $rootIdentifier = $rootClass->identifier;
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountWalker.php
index 0aa6aebfc..ff0c6b363 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/CountWalker.php
@@ -58,7 +58,8 @@ class CountWalker extends TreeWalkerAdapter
             throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot count query which selects two FROM components, cannot make distinction");
         }
        
-        $rootAlias           = $from[0]->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
+        $fromRoot            = reset($from);
+        $rootAlias           = $fromRoot->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
         $rootClass           = $queryComponents[$rootAlias]['metadata'];
         $identifierFieldName = $rootClass->getSingleIdentifierFieldName();
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryOutputWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryOutputWalker.php
index 1b32fc97c..45a6ce78b 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryOutputWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryOutputWalker.php
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ class LimitSubqueryOutputWalker extends SqlWalker
             throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot count query which selects two FROM components, cannot make distinction");
         }
 
-        $rootAlias      = $from[0]->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
+        $fromRoot       = reset($from);
+        $rootAlias      = $fromRoot->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
         $rootClass      = $this->queryComponents[$rootAlias]['metadata'];
         $rootIdentifier = $rootClass->identifier;
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryWalker.php
index 342e309b1..c88191153 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/LimitSubqueryWalker.php
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ class LimitSubqueryWalker extends TreeWalkerAdapter
         $queryComponents = $this->_getQueryComponents();
         // Get the root entity and alias from the AST fromClause
         $from      = $AST->fromClause->identificationVariableDeclarations;
-        $rootAlias = $from[0]->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
+        $fromRoot  = reset($from);
+        $rootAlias = $fromRoot->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
         $rootClass = $queryComponents[$rootAlias]['metadata'];
         $selectExpressions = array();
 
diff --git a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/WhereInWalker.php b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/WhereInWalker.php
index 2584b8ef9..9f42a1eea 100644
--- a/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/WhereInWalker.php
+++ b/lib/Doctrine/ORM/Tools/Pagination/WhereInWalker.php
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ class WhereInWalker extends TreeWalkerAdapter
             throw new \RuntimeException("Cannot count query which selects two FROM components, cannot make distinction");
         }
        
-        $rootAlias           = $from[0]->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
+        $fromRoot            = reset($from);
+        $rootAlias           = $fromRoot->rangeVariableDeclaration->aliasIdentificationVariable;
         $rootClass           = $queryComponents[$rootAlias]['metadata'];
         $identifierFieldName = $rootClass->getSingleIdentifierFieldName();