diff --git a/js/ajax_view.js b/js/ajax_view.js
index ce6cc52..7887878 100644
--- a/js/ajax_view.js
+++ b/js/ajax_view.js
@@ -121,8 +121,11 @@ Drupal.views.ajaxView.prototype.attachPagerLinkAjax = function(id, link) {
   // than the usual location.
   $.extend(viewData, Drupal.Views.parseViewArgs(href, this.settings.view_base_path));
 
-  this.element_settings.submit = viewData;
-  this.pagerAjax = new Drupal.ajax(false, $link, this.element_settings);
+  // Construct an object using the element settings defaults and then overriding
+  // submit with viewData.
+  var pager_settings = $.extend({}, this.element_settings);
+  pager_settings.submit = viewData;
+  this.pagerAjax = new Drupal.ajax(false, $link, pager_settings);
 };
 
 Drupal.ajax.prototype.commands.viewsScrollTop = function (ajax, response, status) {