diff --git a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/dataframe_protocol.py b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/dataframe_protocol.py
index 223bd3cad9..7f6ce805a5 100644
--- a/packages/vaex-core/vaex/dataframe_protocol.py
+++ b/packages/vaex-core/vaex/dataframe_protocol.py
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ def get_chunks(self, n_chunks: Optional[int] = None) -> Iterable["_VaexDataFrame
         size = self.num_rows()
         chunk_size = (size + n_chunks - 1) // n_chunks
         column_names = self.column_names()
-        i = self._df.evaluate_iterator(column_names, chunk_size=chunk_size)
+        i = self._df._future().evaluate_iterator(column_names, chunk_size=chunk_size)
         for i1, i2, chunk in i:
             yield _VaexDataFrame(vaex.from_items(*zip(column_names, chunk)))