diff --git a/django/db/models/query.py b/django/db/models/query.py
index deb138119c..2323c7d744 100644
--- a/django/db/models/query.py
+++ b/django/db/models/query.py
@@ -1310,9 +1310,13 @@ class RawQuerySet(object):
 
         # Cache some things for performance reasons outside the loop.
         db = self.db
-        compiler = connections[db].ops.compiler('SQLCompiler')(self.query, connections[db], db)
+        compiler = connections[db].ops.compiler('SQLCompiler')(
+            self.query, connections[db], db
+        )
         need_resolv_columns = hasattr(compiler, 'resolve_columns')
 
+        query = iter(self.query)
+
         # Find out which columns are model's fields, and which ones should be
         # annotated to the model.
         for pos, column in enumerate(self.columns):
@@ -1341,7 +1345,7 @@ class RawQuerySet(object):
         if need_resolv_columns:
             fields = [self.model_fields.get(c, None) for c in self.columns]
         # Begin looping through the query values.
-        for values in self.query:
+        for values in query:
             if need_resolv_columns:
                 values = compiler.resolve_columns(values, fields)
             # Associate fields to values
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/raw_query/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/raw_query/tests.py
index a0325eff97..e7cadfae8c 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/raw_query/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/raw_query/tests.py
@@ -217,3 +217,8 @@ class RawQueryTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             [o.pk for o in FriendlyAuthor.objects.raw(query)], [f.pk]
         )
+
+    def test_query_count(self):
+        self.assertNumQueries(1,
+            list, Author.objects.raw("SELECT * FROM raw_query_author")
+        )