diff --git a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/LabelValueInput.js b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/LabelValueInput.js
index c1b0b7241..3c56f6eea 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/LabelValueInput.js
+++ b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/LabelValueInput.js
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import PropTypes from "prop-types";
 import { action } from "mobx";
 import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 
+import hash from "object-hash";
+
 import { components } from "react-select";
 
 import { SilenceFormStore } from "Stores/SilenceFormStore";
@@ -12,6 +14,16 @@ import { MultiSelect } from "Components/MultiSelect";
 import { ValidationError } from "Components/MultiSelect/ValidationError";
 import { MatchCounter } from "./MatchCounter";
 
+const GenerateHashFromMatchers = (silenceFormStore, matcher) =>
+  hash({
+    alertmanagers: silenceFormStore.data.alertmanagers,
+    matcher: {
+      name: matcher.name,
+      values: matcher.values,
+      isRegex: matcher.isRegex
+    }
+  });
+
 const Placeholder = props => {
   return (
     <div>
@@ -20,15 +32,19 @@ const Placeholder = props => {
   );
 };
 
-const ValueContainer = ({ children, ...props }) => (
+const ValueContainer = observer(({ children, ...props }) => (
   <components.ValueContainer {...props}>
     <MatchCounter
+      key={GenerateHashFromMatchers(
+        props.selectProps.silenceFormStore,
+        props.selectProps.matcher
+      )}
       silenceFormStore={props.selectProps.silenceFormStore}
       matcher={props.selectProps.matcher}
     />
     {children}
   </components.ValueContainer>
-);
+));
 
 const LabelValueInput = observer(
   class LabelValueInput extends MultiSelect {
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.js b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.js
index 37ccec5f2..0921ade76 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.js
+++ b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.js
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import { observer } from "mobx-react";
 
 import { throttle } from "lodash";
 
-import hash from "object-hash";
-
 import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
 import { faExclamationCircle } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faExclamationCircle";
+import { faSpinner } from "@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons/faSpinner";
 
 import { FormatBackendURI, FormatAlertsQ } from "Stores/AlertStore";
 import { SilenceFormStore } from "Stores/SilenceFormStore";
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ const MatchCounter = observer(
 
     matchedAlerts = observable(
       {
-        total: 0,
+        total: null,
         error: null,
         fetch: null,
         setTotal(value) {
@@ -85,13 +84,7 @@ const MatchCounter = observer(
       this.onUpdateCounter();
     }
 
-    componentDidUpdate() {
-      this.onUpdateCounter();
-    }
-
     render() {
-      const { silenceFormStore, matcher } = this.props;
-
       if (this.matchedAlerts.error !== null) {
         return (
           <TooltipWrapper
@@ -107,23 +100,17 @@ const MatchCounter = observer(
         );
       }
 
-      const matcherHash = hash({
-        alertmanagers: silenceFormStore.data.alertmanagers,
-        matcher: {
-          name: matcher.name,
-          values: matcher.values,
-          isRegex: matcher.isRegex
-        }
-      });
-
       return (
         <TooltipWrapper title="Number of alerts matching this label">
           <span
             className="badge badge-light badge-pill"
             style={{ fontSize: "85%" }}
-            data-hash={matcherHash}
           >
-            {this.matchedAlerts.total}
+            {this.matchedAlerts.total === null ? (
+              <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faSpinner} spin />
+            ) : (
+              this.matchedAlerts.total
+            )}
           </span>
         </TooltipWrapper>
       );
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.test.js b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.test.js
index 118866c25..bbe8be648 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.test.js
+++ b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/MatchCounter.test.js
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ const MountedMatchCounter = () => {
 
 describe("<MatchCounter />", () => {
   it("matches snapshot with empty matcher", () => {
+    fetch.mockResponse(JSON.stringify({ totalAlerts: 0 }));
     const tree = MountedMatchCounter();
     expect(toDiffableHtml(tree.html())).toMatchSnapshot();
   });
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ describe("<MatchCounter />", () => {
   });
 
   it("totalAlerts is 0 after mount", async () => {
+    fetch.mockResponse(JSON.stringify({ totalAlerts: 0 }));
     const tree = MountedMatchCounter();
     expect(tree.text()).toBe("0");
   });
@@ -78,7 +80,7 @@ describe("<MatchCounter />", () => {
     matcher.values = [MatcherValueToObject("bar")];
 
     const tree = MountedMatchCounter();
-    expect(tree.text()).toBe("0");
+    expect(tree.text()).toBe("");
     await expect(tree.instance().matchedAlerts.fetch).resolves.toBeUndefined();
     expect(tree.text()).toBe("123");
   });
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/LabelValueInput.test.js.snap b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/LabelValueInput.test.js.snap
index b140c2418..4844b5a35 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/LabelValueInput.test.js.snap
+++ b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/LabelValueInput.test.js.snap
@@ -11,9 +11,21 @@ exports[`<LabelValueInput /> matches snapshot 1`] = `
       >
         <span class=\\"badge badge-light badge-pill\\"
               style=\\"font-size:85%\\"
-              data-hash=\\"76ea01a7b7d0189a690ed2b409ad07a87dbd039c\\"
         >
-          0
+          <svg aria-hidden=\\"true\\"
+               focusable=\\"false\\"
+               data-prefix=\\"fas\\"
+               data-icon=\\"spinner\\"
+               class=\\"svg-inline--fa fa-spinner fa-w-16 fa-spin \\"
+               role=\\"img\\"
+               xmlns=\\"http://www.w3.org/2000/svg\\"
+               viewbox=\\"0 0 512 512\\"
+          >
+            <path fill=\\"currentColor\\"
+                  d=\\"M304 48c0 26.51-21.49 48-48 48s-48-21.49-48-48 21.49-48 48-48 48 21.49 48 48zm-48 368c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48zm208-208c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.49-48-48-48zM96 256c0-26.51-21.49-48-48-48S0 229.49 0 256s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48zm12.922 99.078c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48c0-26.509-21.491-48-48-48zm294.156 0c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48c0-26.509-21.49-48-48-48zM108.922 60.922c-26.51 0-48 21.49-48 48s21.49 48 48 48 48-21.49 48-48-21.491-48-48-48z\\"
+            >
+            </path>
+          </svg>
         </span>
       </div>
       <div>
diff --git a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/MatchCounter.test.js.snap b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/MatchCounter.test.js.snap
index 79623f9aa..0b646cfcb 100644
--- a/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/MatchCounter.test.js.snap
+++ b/ui/src/Components/SilenceModal/SilenceMatch/__snapshots__/MatchCounter.test.js.snap
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ exports[`<MatchCounter /> matches snapshot with empty matcher 1`] = `
 >
   <span class=\\"badge badge-light badge-pill\\"
         style=\\"font-size: 85%;\\"
-        data-hash=\\"2153b6623363af13fa91f1ad35fa4cfc6462d349\\"
   >
     0
   </span>