diff --git a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc
index c8ad60b8c722739055ba0183f9b465ffb39b00c6..4ce68ee0eec0bf728069c21b05e893c50d85bf67 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views.inc
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ function views_content_views_content_type_render($subtype, $conf, $panel_args, $
 
   // Only set use_pager if they differ, this way we can avoid overwriting the
   // pager type that Views uses.
-  if (!$view->display_handler->set_option('use_pager') || empty($conf['use_pager'])) {
+  if (!$view->display_handler->get_option('use_pager') || empty($conf['use_pager'])) {
     $view->display_handler->set_option('use_pager', $conf['use_pager']);
   }
   $view->display_handler->set_option('pager_element', $conf['pager_id']);
diff --git a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_panes.inc b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_panes.inc
index a7e91d6c2c4e36fdaeabb7527bcc8affb9f1000c..29e72693a1dd84a6655a100a76630ece6a2f323c 100644
--- a/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_panes.inc
+++ b/views_content/plugins/content_types/views_panes.inc
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ function views_content_views_panes_content_type_render($subtype, $conf, $panel_a
   if ($allow['use_pager']) {
     // Only set use_pager if they differ, this way we can avoid overwriting the
     // pager type that Views uses.
-    if (!$view->display_handler->set_option('use_pager') || empty($conf['use_pager'])) {
+    if (!$view->display_handler->get_option('use_pager') || empty($conf['use_pager'])) {
       $view->display_handler->set_option('use_pager', $conf['use_pager']);
     }
     $view->display_handler->set_option('pager_element', $conf['pager_id']);