diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/conversations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/conversations_controller.rb
index 7c21844f5..ab1cae17d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/conversations_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/conversations_controller.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ConversationsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseContro
   end
 
   def meta
-    result = conversation_finder.perform
+    result = conversation_finder.perform_meta_only
     @conversations_count = result[:count]
   end
 
diff --git a/app/finders/conversation_finder.rb b/app/finders/conversation_finder.rb
index d43ed31e7..7821bee49 100644
--- a/app/finders/conversation_finder.rb
+++ b/app/finders/conversation_finder.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,22 @@ class ConversationFinder
     }
   end
 
+  def perform_meta_only
+    set_up
+
+    mine_count, unassigned_count, all_count, = set_count_for_all_conversations
+    assigned_count = all_count - unassigned_count
+
+    {
+      count: {
+        mine_count: mine_count,
+        assigned_count: assigned_count,
+        unassigned_count: unassigned_count,
+        all_count: all_count
+      }
+    }
+  end
+
   private
 
   def set_up
diff --git a/spec/finders/conversation_finder_spec.rb b/spec/finders/conversation_finder_spec.rb
index 0174ccfb0..9427e8157 100644
--- a/spec/finders/conversation_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/finders/conversation_finder_spec.rb
@@ -190,6 +190,32 @@ describe ConversationFinder do
       end
     end
 
+    context 'with perform_meta_only' do
+      let(:params) { { assignee_type: 'assigned' } }
+
+      it 'returns only count without conversations' do
+        result = conversation_finder.perform_meta_only
+        expect(result).to have_key(:count)
+        expect(result).not_to have_key(:conversations)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns the correct counts' do
+        result = conversation_finder.perform_meta_only
+        expect(result[:count]).to eq({
+                                       mine_count: 2,
+                                       assigned_count: 3,
+                                       unassigned_count: 1,
+                                       all_count: 4
+                                     })
+      end
+
+      it 'returns same counts as perform' do
+        meta_result = conversation_finder.perform_meta_only
+        full_result = conversation_finder.perform
+        expect(meta_result[:count]).to eq(full_result[:count])
+      end
+    end
+
     context 'with unattended' do
       let(:params) { { status: 'open', assignee_type: 'me', conversation_type: 'unattended' } }