diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/limit/offset_without_limit/offset_without_limit.7.query.sqlpp b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/limit/offset_without_limit/offset_without_limit.7.query.sqlpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0df538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/queries_sqlpp/limit/offset_without_limit/offset_without_limit.7.query.sqlpp
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Description     : Test that offset without limit is NOT pushed into a primary scan
+ * Expected Result : Success
+ */
+
+use test;
+
+select x, count(*) as count from [{"id":10, "x":1},{"id":10, "x":2}] a group by x order by x offset 1;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/offset_without_limit/offset_without_limit.7.adm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/offset_without_limit/offset_without_limit.7.adm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d29535d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/limit/offset_without_limit/offset_without_limit.7.adm
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{ "x": 2, "count": 1 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java
index 8ab87e7..2bf0d21 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-lang-sqlpp/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/lang/sqlpp/visitor/FreeVariableVisitor.java
@@ -332,7 +332,12 @@
 
     @Override
     public Void visit(LimitClause limitClause, Collection<VariableExpr> freeVars) throws CompilationException {
-        limitClause.getLimitExpr().accept(this, freeVars);
+        if (limitClause.hasLimitExpr()) {
+            limitClause.getLimitExpr().accept(this, freeVars);
+        }
+        if (limitClause.hasOffset()) {
+            limitClause.getOffset().accept(this, freeVars);
+        }
         return null;
     }