diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index 4b296b3f4fd..8bda323d83d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -79,15 +79,23 @@ class ChangeList(object):
         self.title = title % force_text(self.opts.verbose_name)
         self.pk_attname = self.lookup_opts.pk.attname
 
-    def get_filters(self, request):
-        lookup_params = self.params.copy() # a dictionary of the query string
-        use_distinct = False
-
+    def get_filters_params(self, params=None):
+        """
+        Returns all params except IGNORED_PARAMS
+        """
+        if not params:
+            params = self.params
+        lookup_params = params.copy() # a dictionary of the query string
         # Remove all the parameters that are globally and systematically
         # ignored.
         for ignored in IGNORED_PARAMS:
             if ignored in lookup_params:
                 del lookup_params[ignored]
+        return lookup_params
+
+    def get_filters(self, request):
+        lookup_params = self.get_filters_params()
+        use_distinct = False
 
         # Normalize the types of keys
         for key, value in lookup_params.items():
@@ -166,14 +174,13 @@ class ChangeList(object):
         result_count = paginator.count
 
         # Get the total number of objects, with no admin filters applied.
-        # Perform a slight optimization: Check to see whether any filters were
-        # given. If not, use paginator.hits to calculate the number of objects,
-        # because we've already done paginator.hits and the value is cached.
-        if not self.query_set.query.where:
-            full_result_count = result_count
-        else:
+        # Perform a slight optimization:
+        # full_result_count is equal to paginator.count if no filters
+        # were applied
+        if self.get_filters_params():
             full_result_count = self.root_query_set.count()
-
+        else:
+            full_result_count = result_count
         can_show_all = result_count <= self.list_max_show_all
         multi_page = result_count > self.list_per_page
 
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
index cd83b738978..d3cfaa3e246 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/admin_views/tests.py
@@ -2537,6 +2537,34 @@ class AdminCustomQuerysetTest(TestCase):
             else:
                 self.assertNotContains(response, 'Primary key = %s' % i)
 
+    def test_changelist_view_count_queries(self):
+        #create 2 Person objects
+        Person.objects.create(name='person1', gender=1)
+        Person.objects.create(name='person2', gender=2)
+
+        # 4 queries are expected: 1 for the session, 1 for the user,
+        # 1 for the count and 1 for the objects on the page
+        with self.assertNumQueries(4):
+            resp = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/')
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note'], '0 of 2 selected')
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note_all'], 'All 2 selected')
+        with self.assertNumQueries(4):
+            extra = {'q': 'not_in_name'}
+            resp = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/', extra)
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note'], '0 of 0 selected')
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note_all'], 'All 0 selected')
+        with self.assertNumQueries(4):
+            extra = {'q': 'person'}
+            resp = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/', extra)
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note'], '0 of 2 selected')
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note_all'], 'All 2 selected')
+        # here one more count(*) query will run, because filters were applied
+        with self.assertNumQueries(5):
+            extra = {'gender__exact': '1'}
+            resp = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/person/', extra)
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note'], '0 of 1 selected')
+            self.assertEqual(resp.context['selection_note_all'], '1 selected')
+
     def test_change_view(self):
         for i in self.pks:
             response = self.client.get('/test_admin/admin/admin_views/emptymodel/%s/' % i)