diff --git a/htdocs/product/list.php b/htdocs/product/list.php
index 67d7829d32f..613d0a1c5d6 100644
--- a/htdocs/product/list.php
+++ b/htdocs/product/list.php
@@ -605,11 +605,8 @@ $sql .= $hookmanager->resPrint;
 
 $nbtotalofrecords = '';
 if (empty($conf->global->MAIN_DISABLE_FULL_SCANLIST)) {
-	/* $result = $db->query($sql);
-	$nbtotalofrecords = $db->num_rows($result);
-	*/
 	/* The fast and low memory method to get and count full list converts the sql into a sql count */
-	$sqlforcount = str_replace($sqlfields, 'SELECT COUNT(*) as nbtotalofrecords', $sql);
+	$sqlforcount = preg_replace('/^'.preg_quote($sqlfields, '/').'/', 'SELECT COUNT(*) as nbtotalofrecords', $sql);
 	$sqlforcount = preg_replace('/'.preg_quote($linktopfp, '/').'/', '', $sqlforcount);
 	$sqlforcount = preg_replace('/GROUP BY .*$/', '', $sqlforcount);
 	$resql = $db->query($sqlforcount);