diff --git a/opac/opac-search.pl b/opac/opac-search.pl
index 788599579a..40cbae7a10 100755
--- a/opac/opac-search.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-search.pl
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ for (my $i=0;$i<@servers;$i++) {
             @newresults = searchResults('opac', $query_desc, $hits, $results_per_page, $offset, $scan,
                                         $results_hashref->{$server}->{"RECORDS"});
         }
+    $hits = 0 unless @newresults;
 
         # must define a value for size if not present in DB
         # in order to avoid problems generated by the default size value in TT
@@ -615,7 +616,7 @@ for (my $i=0;$i<@servers;$i++) {
         }
 
         if ($results_hashref->{$server}->{"hits"}){
-            $total = $total + $results_hashref->{$server}->{"hits"};
+            $total = $total + $hits;
         }
 
         # Opac search history