Index: django/core/paginator.py
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--- django/core/paginator.py	(revision 7425)
+++ django/core/paginator.py	(working copy)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
             if hits < 1:
                 hits = 0
             if hits == 0 and not self.allow_empty_first_page:
-                self._num_pages = 0
+                self._num_pages = self.count
             else:
                 self._num_pages = hits // self.per_page + 1
         return self._num_pages