Index: jackrabbit-jcr-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/test/api/query/QueryResultNodeIteratorTest.java
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--- jackrabbit-jcr-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/test/api/query/QueryResultNodeIteratorTest.java	(revision 613894)
+++ jackrabbit-jcr-tests/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/test/api/query/QueryResultNodeIteratorTest.java	(working copy)
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@
      * Tests if {@link javax.jcr.NodeIterator#skip(long)} works correctly.
      */
     public void testSkip() throws RepositoryException {
-        QueryResult rs = execute(testPath + "//*", Query.XPATH);
+        String query = testPath + "//*";
+        QueryResult rs = execute(query, Query.XPATH);
         NodeIterator it = rs.getNodes();
 
         // find out if there is anything we can skip
@@ -131,7 +132,8 @@
             count++;
         }
         if (count > 1) {
-            // re-aquire iterator
+            // re-execute the query
+            rs = execute(query, Query.XPATH);
             it = rs.getNodes();
             // skip all but one
             it.skip(count - 1);
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@
                 // success
             }
 
-            // re-aquire iterator
+            // re-execute the query
+            rs = execute(query, Query.XPATH);
             it = rs.getNodes();
             try {
                 it.skip(count + 1);