diff --git a/lib/jsonapi_compliable/adapters/active_record.rb b/lib/jsonapi_compliable/adapters/active_record.rb
index 4551570..c377995 100644
--- a/lib/jsonapi_compliable/adapters/active_record.rb
+++ b/lib/jsonapi_compliable/adapters/active_record.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def paginate(scope, current_page, per_page)
       # (see Adapters::Abstract#count)
       def count(scope, attr)
         column = attr == :total ? :all : attr
-        scope.uniq.count(column)
+        scope.distinct.count(column)
       end
 
       # (see Adapters::Abstract#average)