diff --git a/cmd/karma/views.go b/cmd/karma/views.go
index 20300bbe0..6e115898b 100644
--- a/cmd/karma/views.go
+++ b/cmd/karma/views.go
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ func alerts(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 				ag.LatestStartsAt = ag.FindLatestStartsAt()
 				ag.Hash = ag.ContentFingerprint()
 				apiAG := models.APIAlertGroup{AlertGroup: *ag, TotalAlerts: len(ag.Alerts)}
+				apiAG.DedupSharedMaps()
+				resp.TotalAlerts += len(ag.Alerts)
+
 				alertLimit, found := request.GroupLimits[ag.ID]
 				if !found {
 					if request.DefaultGroupLimit > 0 {
@@ -429,8 +432,6 @@ func alerts(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 					alertLimit = apiAG.TotalAlerts
 				}
 				apiAG.Alerts = apiAG.Alerts[0:alertLimit]
-				apiAG.DedupSharedMaps()
-				resp.TotalAlerts += len(ag.Alerts)
 
 				grid, found := grids[gridLabelValue]
 				if !found {