diff --git a/phpBB/viewforum.php b/phpBB/viewforum.php
index a4774c37e8..daba02a28c 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewforum.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewforum.php
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ if ($forum_data['forum_type'] == FORUM_POST)
 			" . (($auth->acl_get('m_approve', $forum_id)) ? '' : 'AND t.topic_approved = 1');
 		$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
 
-		$start = 0;
+		if (isset($_POST['sort']))
+		{
+			$start = 0;
+		}
 		$topics_count = ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) ? $row['num_topics'] : 0;
 		$sql_limit_time = "AND t.topic_last_post_time >= $min_post_time";
 	}
diff --git a/phpBB/viewtopic.php b/phpBB/viewtopic.php
index 0e68906ed8..126bc60b03 100644
--- a/phpBB/viewtopic.php
+++ b/phpBB/viewtopic.php
@@ -269,7 +269,10 @@ if ($sort_days)
 		" . (($auth->acl_get('m_approve', $forum_id)) ? '' : 'AND p.post_approved = 1');
 	$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
 
-	$start = 0;
+	if (isset($_POST['sort']))
+	{
+		$start = 0;
+	}
 	$total_posts = ($row = $db->sql_fetchrow($result)) ? $row['num_posts'] : 0;
 	$limit_posts_time = "AND p.post_time >= $min_post_time ";
 }