diff --git a/django_socio_grpc/protobuf/generation_plugin.py b/django_socio_grpc/protobuf/generation_plugin.py
index d66c8682..3fb07721 100644
--- a/django_socio_grpc/protobuf/generation_plugin.py
+++ b/django_socio_grpc/protobuf/generation_plugin.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def transform_message_to_list(
             ),
         ]
 
-        if hasattr(service, "pagination_class"):
+        if getattr(service, "pagination_class", None):
             fields.append(
                 ProtoField(
                     name="count",
diff --git a/django_socio_grpc/tests/test_protobuf_registration.py b/django_socio_grpc/tests/test_protobuf_registration.py
index d1095114..18c787c8 100644
--- a/django_socio_grpc/tests/test_protobuf_registration.py
+++ b/django_socio_grpc/tests/test_protobuf_registration.py
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ def test_from_serializer_nested(self):
 class TestGrpcActionProto(TestCase):
     class MyBaseAction(Service):
         serializer_class = MySerializer
+        pagination_class = None
 
         @grpc_action(
             request=[],
@@ -583,6 +584,7 @@ def test_register_action_on_base_service_list(self):
 
         assert response.name == "BasicProtoListChildListResponse"
         assert response["results"].field_type.name == "BasicProtoListChildResponse"
+        assert "count" not in response
 
         request = proto_rpc.request
 
@@ -763,6 +765,8 @@ def test_register_action_list_with_struct_pagination(self):
 
         assert response.name == "BasicProtoListChildListResponse"
         assert response["results"].field_type.name == "BasicProtoListChildResponse"
+        assert "count" in response
+        assert response["count"].field_type == "int32"
 
         request = proto_rpc.request