diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TermCountProcessor.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TermCountProcessor.cs
index 80aa73cd2..4db516934 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TermCountProcessor.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Taxonomies/Services/TermCountProcessor.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Web;
 using Orchard.ContentManagement;
 using Orchard.Taxonomies.Models;
 
@@ -9,20 +13,31 @@ namespace Orchard.Taxonomies.Services {
             _taxonomyService = taxonomyService;
         }
         
-        public void Process(params int[] termPartRecordIds) {
-
+        public void Process(IEnumerable<int> termPartRecordIds)
+        {
+            var processedTermPartRecordIds = new List<int>();
             foreach (var id in termPartRecordIds) {
-                var termPart = _taxonomyService.GetTerm(id);
-                while (termPart != null) {
-                    termPart.Count = (int)_taxonomyService.GetContentItemsCount(termPart);
-
-                    // compute count for the hierarchy too
-                    if (termPart.Container != null) {
-                        var parentTerm = termPart.Container.As<TermPart>();
-                        termPart = parentTerm;
+                if (!processedTermPartRecordIds.Contains(id)) {
+                    var termPart = _taxonomyService.GetTerm(id);
+                    if (termPart != null) {
+                        ProcessTerm(termPart, processedTermPartRecordIds);
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        private void ProcessTerm(TermPart termPart, ICollection<int> processedTermPartRecordIds)
+        {
+            termPart.Count = (int)_taxonomyService.GetContentItemsCount(termPart);
+            processedTermPartRecordIds.Add(termPart.Id);
+
+            // Look for a parent term that has not yet been processed
+            if (termPart.Container != null) {
+                var parentTerm = termPart.Container.As<TermPart>();
+                if (parentTerm != null && !processedTermPartRecordIds.Contains(parentTerm.Id)) {
+                    ProcessTerm(parentTerm, processedTermPartRecordIds);
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }