diff --git a/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java b/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java
index 103509acbd..7e03e06d44 100644
--- a/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java
+++ b/remote-api/src/main/java/org/alfresco/rest/api/impl/TagsImpl.java
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ public class TagsImpl implements Tags
     		tags.add(new Tag(pair.getFirst(), pair.getSecond()));
     	}
 
-    	return CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(params.getPaging(), tags, results.hasMoreItems(), (totalItems == null ? 0 : totalItems.intValue()));
+    	return CollectionWithPagingInfo.asPaged(params.getPaging(), tags, results.hasMoreItems(), (totalItems == null ? null : totalItems.intValue()));
     }
 
 	@Experimental