diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
index 687b61be3c1d7..b0613ddc10b1d 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_rados.cc
@@ -10658,6 +10658,9 @@ int RGWRados::update_containers_stats(map<string, RGWBucketEnt>& m)
   for (iter = m.begin(); iter != m.end(); ++iter) {
     RGWBucketEnt& ent = iter->second;
     rgw_bucket& bucket = ent.bucket;
+    ent.count = 0;
+    ent.size = 0;
+    ent.size_rounded = 0;
 
     map<string, rgw_bucket_dir_header> headers;
     int r = cls_bucket_head(bucket, RGW_NO_SHARD, headers);