diff --git a/src/QueryDataTable.php b/src/QueryDataTable.php
index b6bc0813..aea42844 100644
--- a/src/QueryDataTable.php
+++ b/src/QueryDataTable.php
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ class QueryDataTable extends DataTableAbstract
      */
     protected bool $prepared = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Flag to check if the total records count query has been performed.
+     */
+    protected bool $performedTotalRecordsCount = false;
+
     /**
      * Query callback for custom pagination using limit without offset.
      *
@@ -157,6 +162,20 @@ public function prepareQuery(): static
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Count total items.
+     */
+    public function totalCount(): int
+    {
+        if ($this->totalRecords !== null) {
+            return $this->totalRecords;
+        }
+
+        $this->performedTotalRecordsCount = true;
+
+        return $this->totalRecords = $this->count();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Counts current query.
      */
@@ -253,7 +272,7 @@ protected function filterRecords(): void
 
         // If no modification between the original query and the filtered one has been made
         // the filteredRecords equals the totalRecords
-        if ($this->query == $initialQuery) {
+        if ($this->query == $initialQuery && $this->performedTotalRecordsCount) {
             $this->filteredRecords ??= $this->totalRecords;
         } else {
             $this->filteredCount();
diff --git a/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php b/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
index 5c8d9399..d2b4a028 100644
--- a/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
+++ b/tests/Integration/QueryDataTableTest.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public function it_can_set_total_records()
         $crawler->assertJson([
             'draw' => 0,
             'recordsTotal' => 10,
-            'recordsFiltered' => 10,
+            'recordsFiltered' => 20,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public function it_can_set_zero_total_records()
         $crawler->assertJson([
             'draw' => 0,
             'recordsTotal' => 0,
-            'recordsFiltered' => 0,
+            'recordsFiltered' => 20,
         ]);
     }
 
@@ -55,12 +55,19 @@ public function it_can_set_total_filtered_records()
     #[Test]
     public function it_returns_all_records_when_no_parameters_is_passed()
     {
+        DB::enableQueryLog();
+
         $crawler = $this->call('GET', '/query/users');
         $crawler->assertJson([
             'draw' => 0,
             'recordsTotal' => 20,
             'recordsFiltered' => 20,
         ]);
+
+        DB::disableQueryLog();
+        $queryLog = DB::getQueryLog();
+
+        $this->assertCount(2, $queryLog);
     }
 
     #[Test]