diff --git a/posts.py b/posts.py
index 6bf4057c8..2e11378de 100644
--- a/posts.py
+++ b/posts.py
@@ -4036,13 +4036,11 @@ def _create_box_indexed(recent_posts_cache: {},
                 if not post_filename:
                     break
 
-                if first_post_id:
-                    if first_post_id not in post_filename and \
-                       total_posts_count == 0:
+                if first_post_id and total_posts_count == 0:
+                    if first_post_id not in post_filename:
                         continue
-                    if total_posts_count == 0:
-                        total_posts_count = \
-                            int((page_number - 1) * items_per_page)
+                    total_posts_count = \
+                        int((page_number - 1) * items_per_page)
 
                 # Has this post passed through the newswire voting stage?
                 if not _passed_newswire_voting(newswire_votes_threshold,