diff --git a/modules/node/node.module b/modules/node/node.module
index 18d36a77f66f809d458d39a683a4fb5679aa8582..71b486245b472fb0202b545441b43780a7397b9f 100644
--- a/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/modules/node/node.module
@@ -1152,7 +1152,7 @@ function node_search($op = 'search', $keys = NULL) {
 
     case 'status':
       $total = db_result(db_query('SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node} WHERE status = 1'));
-      $remaining = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node} n LEFT JOIN {search_dataset} d ON d.type = 'node' AND d.sid = n.nid WHERE d.sid IS NULL OR d.reindex <> 0"));
+      $remaining = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {node} n LEFT JOIN {search_dataset} d ON d.type = 'node' AND d.sid = n.nid WHERE n.status = 1 AND d.sid IS NULL OR d.reindex <> 0"));
       return array('remaining' => $remaining, 'total' => $total);
 
     case 'admin':