diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Queue.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Queue.java
index ef036280601e..a15b0af34b5d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Queue.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Queue.java
@@ -938,7 +938,9 @@ public boolean isPending(Task t) {
 
     /**
      * How many {@link BuildableItem}s are assigned for the given label?
-     * @param l Label to be checked. If null, any label will be accepted
+     * @param l Label to be checked. If null, any label will be accepted.
+     *    If you want to count {@link BuildableItem}s without assigned labels,
+     *    use {@link #strictCountBuildableItemsFor(hudson.model.Label)}.
      * @return Number of {@link BuildableItem}s for the specified label. 
      */
     public @Nonnegative int countBuildableItemsFor(@CheckForNull Label l) {
@@ -954,6 +956,30 @@ public boolean isPending(Task t) {
                     r++;
         return r;
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * How many {@link BuildableItem}s are assigned for the given label?
+     * <p/>
+     * The implementation is quite similar to {@link #countBuildableItemsFor(hudson.model.Label)},
+     * but it has another behavior for null parameters.
+     * @param l Label to be checked. If null, only jobs without assigned labels
+     *      will be taken into the account.
+     * @return Number of {@link BuildableItem}s for the specified label.
+     * @since TODO
+     */
+    public @Nonnegative int strictCountBuildableItemsFor(@CheckForNull Label l) {
+        Snapshot _snapshot = this.snapshot;
+        int r = 0;
+        for (BuildableItem bi : _snapshot.buildables)
+            for (SubTask st : bi.task.getSubTasks())
+                if (bi.getAssignedLabelFor(st) == l)
+                    r++;
+        for (BuildableItem bi : _snapshot.pendings)
+            for (SubTask st : bi.task.getSubTasks())
+                if (bi.getAssignedLabelFor(st) == l)
+                    r++;
+        return r;
+    }
 
     /**
      * Counts all the {@link BuildableItem}s currently in the queue.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/UnlabeledLoadStatistics.java b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/UnlabeledLoadStatistics.java
index 4f2a490a73ed..008e5d2c743e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/UnlabeledLoadStatistics.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/jenkins/model/UnlabeledLoadStatistics.java
@@ -84,16 +84,7 @@ public int computeQueueLength() {
         if (j == null) { // Consider queue as empty when Jenkins is inactive
             return 0;
         }
-        
-        int result = 0;
-        final List<Queue.BuildableItem> buildableItems = j.getQueue().getBuildableItems();
-        for (Queue.BuildableItem item : buildableItems) {
-            for (SubTask st : Tasks.getSubTasksOf(item.task)) {
-                    if (item.getAssignedLabelFor(st) == null)
-                        result++;
-            }
-        }
-        return result; 
+        return j.getQueue().strictCountBuildableItemsFor(null); 
     }
 
     @Override