diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
index 546792c68..5c3571bef 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/js.php
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ class JsBaseEngineHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return void
  */
 	function __construct() {
+		parent::__construct();
 		$this->useNative = function_exists('json_encode');
 	}
 
diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
index f3bb2cdb0..ca5f45541 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/paginator.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class PaginatorHelper extends AppHelper {
  * @return void
  */
 	function __construct($config = array()) {
+		parent::__construct($config);
 		$ajaxProvider = isset($config['ajax']) ? $config['ajax'] : 'Js';
 		$this->helpers[] = $ajaxProvider;
 		$this->_ajaxHelperClass = $ajaxProvider;