diff --git a/src/org/olap4j/driver/xmla/DeferredNamedListImpl.java b/src/org/olap4j/driver/xmla/DeferredNamedListImpl.java
index ed836e5..460f585 100644
--- a/src/org/olap4j/driver/xmla/DeferredNamedListImpl.java
+++ b/src/org/olap4j/driver/xmla/DeferredNamedListImpl.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ private NamedList<T> getList() {
                 populateList(list);
                 state = State.POPULATED;
             } catch (OlapException e) {
+            	state = State.NEW;
                 // TODO: fetch metadata on getCollection() method, so we
                 // can't get an exception while traversing the list
                 throw new RuntimeException(e);