diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
index 127ac9037a1c..33ca1bb258c0 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/QueryManagerImpl.java
@@ -3624,25 +3624,30 @@ public Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer> searchForAffinityGroupsInternal(
             if (domainId != null) {
                 SearchCriteria<AffinityGroupJoinVO> scDomain = buildAffinityGroupSearchCriteria(null, isRecursive, new ArrayList<Long>(), listProjectResourcesCriteria, affinityGroupId,
                         affinityGroupName, affinityGroupType, keyword);
-                affinityGroups.addAll(listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(scDomain, searchFilter, domainId));
+                Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer> groupsPair = listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(scDomain, searchFilter, domainId);
+                affinityGroups.addAll(groupsPair.first());
+                count += groupsPair.second();
             } else {
 
                 for (Long permAcctId : permittedAccounts) {
                     Account permittedAcct = _accountDao.findById(permAcctId);
                     SearchCriteria<AffinityGroupJoinVO> scDomain = buildAffinityGroupSearchCriteria(null, isRecursive, new ArrayList<Long>(), listProjectResourcesCriteria, affinityGroupId,
                             affinityGroupName, affinityGroupType, keyword);
-
-                    affinityGroups.addAll(listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(scDomain, searchFilter, permittedAcct.getDomainId()));
+                    Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer> groupsPair = listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(scDomain, searchFilter, permittedAcct.getDomainId());
+                    affinityGroups.addAll(groupsPair.first());
+                    count += groupsPair.second();
                 }
             }
         } else if (((permittedAccounts.isEmpty()) && (domainId != null) && isRecursive)) {
             // list all domain level affinity groups for the domain admin case
             SearchCriteria<AffinityGroupJoinVO> scDomain = buildAffinityGroupSearchCriteria(null, isRecursive, new ArrayList<Long>(), listProjectResourcesCriteria, affinityGroupId, affinityGroupName,
                     affinityGroupType, keyword);
-            affinityGroups.addAll(listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(scDomain, searchFilter, domainId));
+            Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer> groupsPair = listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(scDomain, searchFilter, domainId);
+            affinityGroups.addAll(groupsPair.first());
+            count += groupsPair.second();
         }
 
-        return new Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer>(affinityGroups, affinityGroups.size());
+        return new Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer>(affinityGroups, count);
 
     }
 
@@ -3740,7 +3745,7 @@ private Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer> listAffinityGroupsByVM(long vmI
         return new Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer>(ags, count);
     }
 
-    private List<AffinityGroupJoinVO> listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(SearchCriteria<AffinityGroupJoinVO> sc, Filter searchFilter, long domainId) {
+    private Pair<List<AffinityGroupJoinVO>, Integer> listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(SearchCriteria<AffinityGroupJoinVO> sc, Filter searchFilter, long domainId) {
         List<Long> affinityGroupIds = new ArrayList<Long>();
         Set<Long> allowedDomains = _domainMgr.getDomainParentIds(domainId);
         List<AffinityGroupDomainMapVO> maps = _affinityGroupDomainMapDao.listByDomain(allowedDomains.toArray());
@@ -3764,7 +3769,7 @@ private List<AffinityGroupJoinVO> listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(SearchCriteria<A
             Integer count = uniqueGroupsPair.second();
             if (count.intValue() == 0) {
                 // empty result
-                return new ArrayList<AffinityGroupJoinVO>();
+                return new Pair<>(new ArrayList<AffinityGroupJoinVO>(), 0);
             }
             List<AffinityGroupJoinVO> uniqueGroups = uniqueGroupsPair.first();
             Long[] vrIds = new Long[uniqueGroups.size()];
@@ -3773,9 +3778,9 @@ private List<AffinityGroupJoinVO> listDomainLevelAffinityGroups(SearchCriteria<A
                 vrIds[i++] = v.getId();
             }
             List<AffinityGroupJoinVO> vrs = _affinityGroupJoinDao.searchByIds(vrIds);
-            return vrs;
+            return new Pair<>(vrs, count);
         } else {
-            return new ArrayList<AffinityGroupJoinVO>();
+            return new Pair<>(new ArrayList<AffinityGroupJoinVO>(), 0);
         }
     }