diff --git a/pandas/core/frame.py b/pandas/core/frame.py
index 2bd4655371b70..e4e9705e562d0 100644
--- a/pandas/core/frame.py
+++ b/pandas/core/frame.py
@@ -633,7 +633,8 @@ def keys(self):
 
     def iteritems(self):
         """Iterator over (column, series) pairs"""
-        return ((k, self[k]) for k in self.columns)
+        for i, k in enumerate(self.columns):
+            yield (k,self.take([i],axis=1)[k])
 
     def iterrows(self):
         """