diff --git a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/roles/DynamicAuthoritiesGet.java b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/roles/DynamicAuthoritiesGet.java
index 73a11774f7..6ce3574d6d 100644
--- a/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/roles/DynamicAuthoritiesGet.java
+++ b/rm-server/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/roles/DynamicAuthoritiesGet.java
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ public class DynamicAuthoritiesGet extends DeclarativeWebScript implements Recor
             return model;
         }
 
-        Long totalNumberOfRecordsToProcess = 0L;
+        //default total number of records to be processed to batch size value
+        Long totalNumberOfRecordsToProcess = batchSize;
         if (StringUtils.isNotBlank(totalToBeProcessedRecordsStr))
         {
             try