diff --git a/src/shared/userdb.c b/src/shared/userdb.c
index 0d471a2f94..e188123e2e 100644
--- a/src/shared/userdb.c
+++ b/src/shared/userdb.c
@@ -750,6 +750,8 @@ int userdb_iterator_get(UserDBIterator *iterator, UserRecord **ret) {
 
                         if (ret)
                                 (*ret)->incomplete = incomplete;
+
+                        iterator->n_found++;
                         return r;
                 }
 
@@ -948,6 +950,8 @@ int groupdb_iterator_get(UserDBIterator *iterator, GroupRecord **ret) {
 
                         if (ret)
                                 (*ret)->incomplete = incomplete;
+
+                        iterator->n_found++;
                         return r;
                 }