diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc b/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc
index 4f3d350..d6608b5 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.admin.inc
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ function comment_admin_overview($form, &$form_state, $arg) {
     '#empty' => t('No comments available.'),
   );
 
-  $form['pager'] = array('#theme' => 'pager');
+  $form['pager'] = array('#markup' => theme('pager'));

   return $form;
 }