diff --git a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
index c1bf47e847..a99ce86317 100644
--- a/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
+++ b/app/soapbox/entity-store/hooks/useEntities.ts
@@ -65,11 +65,12 @@ function useEntities<TEntity extends Entity>(
       const schema = opts.schema || z.custom<TEntity>();
       const entities = filteredArray(schema).parse(response.data);
       const parsedCount = realNumberSchema.safeParse(response.headers['x-total-count']);
+      const totalCount = parsedCount.success ? parsedCount.data : undefined;
 
       dispatch(entitiesFetchSuccess(entities, entityType, listKey, {
         next: getNextLink(response),
         prev: getPrevLink(response),
-        totalCount: parsedCount.success ? parsedCount.data : undefined,
+        totalCount: Number(totalCount) >= entities.length ? totalCount : undefined,
         fetching: false,
         fetched: true,
         error: null,