diff --git a/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_item.html b/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_item.html
index ae69eb707c7..407f631825a 100644
--- a/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_item.html
+++ b/ckan/templates/group/snippets/group_item.html
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ <h3 class="media-heading">{{ group.display_name }}</h3>
     {% endif %}
   {% endblock %}
   {% block datasets %}
-    {% if group.packages %}
-      <strong class="count">{{ ungettext('{num} Dataset', '{num} Datasets', group.packages).format(num=group.packages) }}</strong>
-    {% elif group.packages == 0 %}
+    {% if group.package_count %}
+      <strong class="count">{{ ungettext('{num} Dataset', '{num} Datasets', group.package_count).format(num=group.package_count) }}</strong>
+    {% elif group.package_count == 0 %}
       <span class="count">{{ _('0 Datasets') }}</span>
     {% endif %}
   {% endblock %}