diff --git a/pagure/templates/issues.html b/pagure/templates/issues.html
index 66b73ad..de15abe 100644
--- a/pagure/templates/issues.html
+++ b/pagure/templates/issues.html
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
 
   <h2>
     {% if status|lower in ['open', 'true'] %}
-      {{ issues|count }} Open Issues (of {{ issues_cnt }})
+      {{ issues|count }} Open Issues (of {{ total_issues_cnt }})
     {% elif status|lower not in ['open', 'true', 'all', 'none'] %}
-      {{ issues|count }} Closed Issues (of {{ issues_cnt }})
+      {{ issues|count }} Closed Issues (of {{ total_issues_cnt }})
     {% else %}
       {{ issues|count }} Issues
     {% endif %}
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
     {% if oth_issues %}
     <div class="addrem_bar issues_pbar m-b-1">
       {% if (issues | length + oth_issues) %}
-        <span style="width: {{ (100.0 * (1 - issues_cnt / (issues_cnt + oth_issues)))|round|int }}%">
-            {{ (100.0 * (1 - issues_cnt / (issues_cnt + oth_issues)))|round|int }}%
+        <span style="width: {{ (100.0 * (issues_cnt / total_issues_cnt))|round|int }}%">
+            {{ (100.0 * (issues_cnt / total_issues_cnt))|round|int }}%
         </span>
       {% endif %}
     </div>
diff --git a/pagure/ui/issues.py b/pagure/ui/issues.py
index e611fc0..0e385c2 100644
--- a/pagure/ui/issues.py
+++ b/pagure/ui/issues.py
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ def view_issues(repo, username=None, namespace=None):
         status = None
 
     oth_issues = None
+    total_issues_cnt = pagure.lib.search_issues(
+            SESSION, repo, tags=tags, assignee=assignee,
+            author=author, private=private, priority=priority, count=True)
     if status is not None:
         issues = pagure.lib.search_issues(
             SESSION,
@@ -557,9 +560,7 @@ def view_issues(repo, username=None, namespace=None):
             search_pattern=search_pattern,
             custom_search=custom_search,
         )
-        issues_cnt = pagure.lib.search_issues(
-            SESSION, repo, tags=tags, assignee=assignee,
-            author=author, private=private, priority=priority, count=True)
+        issues_cnt = total_issues_cnt
 
     tag_list = pagure.lib.get_tags_of_project(SESSION, repo)
 
@@ -574,6 +575,7 @@ def view_issues(repo, username=None, namespace=None):
         status=status,
         issues=issues,
         issues_cnt=issues_cnt,
+        total_issues_cnt=total_issues_cnt,
         oth_issues=oth_issues,
         tags=tags,
         assignee=assignee,