diff --git a/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/eventstore/user_session.go b/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/eventstore/user_session.go
index 9be553e6f1..3092044b2d 100644
--- a/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/eventstore/user_session.go
+++ b/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/eventstore/user_session.go
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ func (repo *UserSessionRepo) GetMyUserSessions(ctx context.Context) ([]*usr_mode
 }
 
 func (repo *UserSessionRepo) ActiveUserSessionCount() int64 {
-	userSessions, _ := repo.View.ActiveUserSessions()
-	return int64(len(userSessions))
+	userSessions, _ := repo.View.ActiveUserSessionsCount()
+	return int64(userSessions)
 }
diff --git a/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user_session.go b/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user_session.go
index 988f79dca7..03c47e7a50 100644
--- a/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user_session.go
+++ b/internal/auth/repository/eventsourcing/view/user_session.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func (v *View) UserSessionsByAgentID(agentID string) ([]*model.UserSessionView,
 	return view.UserSessionsByAgentID(v.Db, userSessionTable, agentID)
 }
 
-func (v *View) ActiveUserSessions() ([]*model.UserSessionView, error) {
+func (v *View) ActiveUserSessionsCount() (uint64, error) {
 	return view.ActiveUserSessions(v.Db, userSessionTable)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/user/repository/view/user_session_view.go b/internal/user/repository/view/user_session_view.go
index 7a49e0c270..1ed3610e3c 100644
--- a/internal/user/repository/view/user_session_view.go
+++ b/internal/user/repository/view/user_session_view.go
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 package view
 
 import (
+	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
+
 	auth_model "github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/auth_request/model"
 	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/domain"
 	caos_errs "github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/errors"
-	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/view/repository"
-	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
-
 	usr_model "github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/user/model"
 	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/user/repository/view/model"
+	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/view/repository"
 )
 
 func UserSessionByIDs(db *gorm.DB, table, agentID, userID string) (*model.UserSessionView, error) {
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ func UserSessionsByAgentID(db *gorm.DB, table, agentID string) ([]*model.UserSes
 	return userSessions, err
 }
 
-func ActiveUserSessions(db *gorm.DB, table string) ([]*model.UserSessionView, error) {
-	userSessions := make([]*model.UserSessionView, 0)
+func ActiveUserSessions(db *gorm.DB, table string) (uint64, error) {
 	activeQuery := &usr_model.UserSessionSearchQuery{
 		Key:    usr_model.UserSessionSearchKeyState,
 		Method: domain.SearchMethodEquals,
@@ -69,8 +68,7 @@ func ActiveUserSessions(db *gorm.DB, table string) ([]*model.UserSessionView, er
 	query := repository.PrepareSearchQuery(table, model.UserSessionSearchRequest{
 		Queries: []*usr_model.UserSessionSearchQuery{activeQuery},
 	})
-	_, err := query(db, &userSessions)
-	return userSessions, err
+	return query(db, nil)
 }
 
 func PutUserSession(db *gorm.DB, table string, session *model.UserSessionView) error {
diff --git a/internal/view/repository/query.go b/internal/view/repository/query.go
index 410339735b..65fa3ebb9c 100644
--- a/internal/view/repository/query.go
+++ b/internal/view/repository/query.go
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@ package repository
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/domain"
 
-	caos_errs "github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/errors"
 	"github.com/jinzhu/gorm"
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
+
+	"github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/domain"
+	caos_errs "github.com/caos/zitadel/internal/errors"
 )
 
 type SearchRequest interface {
@@ -48,6 +49,9 @@ func PrepareSearchQuery(table string, request SearchRequest) func(db *gorm.DB, r
 		}
 
 		query = query.Count(&count)
+		if res == nil {
+			return count, nil
+		}
 		if request.GetLimit() != 0 {
 			query = query.Limit(request.GetLimit())
 		}