diff --git a/xmlrpc.php b/xmlrpc.php
index af233a8c1e..e6c7c310f4 100644
--- a/xmlrpc.php
+++ b/xmlrpc.php
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 		$blog_id	= (int) $args[0];
 		$username	= $args[1];
 		$password	= $args[2];
-		$num_pages	= (int) $args[3];
+		$num_pages	= isset($args[3]) ? (int) $args[3] : 10;
 
 		if ( !$user = $this->login($username, $password) ) {
 			return $this->error;
@@ -612,12 +612,7 @@ class wp_xmlrpc_server extends IXR_Server {
 
 		do_action('xmlrpc_call', 'wp.getPages');
 
-		$page_limit = 10;
-		if( isset( $num_pages ) ) {
-			$page_limit = $num_pages;
-		}
-
-		$pages = get_posts( array('post_type' => 'page', 'post_status' => 'all', 'numberposts' => $page_limit) );
+		$pages = get_posts( array('post_type' => 'page', 'post_status' => 'all', 'numberposts' => $num_pages) );
 		$num_pages = count($pages);
 
 		// If we have pages, put together their info.