diff --git a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
index 509974e7..8b4842ee 100644
--- a/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
+++ b/addons/pager/jquery.tablesorter.pager.js
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 		},
 
 		hideRowsSetup = function(table, c){
-			c.size = parseInt($(c.cssPageSize, c.container).val(), 10);
+			c.size = parseInt($(c.cssPageSize, c.container).val(), 10) || c.size;
 			$.data(table, 'pagerLastSize', c.size);
 			pagerArrows(c);
 			if (!c.removeRows) {
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@
 		enablePager = function(table, c, triggered){
 			var p = $(c.cssPageSize, c.container).removeClass(c.cssDisabled).removeAttr('disabled');
 			c.isDisabled = false;
-			c.page = $.data(table, 'pagerLastPage') || 0;
-			c.size = $.data(table, 'pagerLastSize') || parseInt(p.val(), 10);
+			c.page = $.data(table, 'pagerLastPage') || 0 || c.page;
+			c.size = $.data(table, 'pagerLastSize') || parseInt(p.val(), 10) || c.size;
 			c.totalPages = Math.ceil(c.totalRows / c.size);
 			if (triggered) {
 				$('table').trigger('update');