diff --git a/packages/db-postgres/src/find/findMany.ts b/packages/db-postgres/src/find/findMany.ts
index 6ca5a1165..dfe2f0bdf 100644
--- a/packages/db-postgres/src/find/findMany.ts
+++ b/packages/db-postgres/src/find/findMany.ts
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
   const db = adapter.sessions[req.transactionID]?.db || adapter.drizzle
   const table = adapter.tables[tableName]
 
-  let limit = limitArg ?? 10
+  const limit = limitArg ?? 10
   let totalDocs: number
   let totalPages: number
   let hasPrevPage: boolean
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
   })
 
   const orderedIDMap: Record<number | string, number> = {}
+  let orderedIDs: (number | string)[]
 
   const selectDistinctMethods: ChainedMethods = []
 
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
     selectDistinctResult.forEach(({ id }, i) => {
       orderedIDMap[id as number | string] = i
     })
-    findManyArgs.where = inArray(adapter.tables[tableName].id, Object.keys(orderedIDMap))
+    orderedIDs = Object.keys(orderedIDMap)
+    findManyArgs.where = inArray(adapter.tables[tableName].id, orderedIDs)
   } else {
     findManyArgs.limit = limitArg === 0 ? undefined : limitArg
 
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
 
   const findPromise = db.query[tableName].findMany(findManyArgs)
 
-  if (pagination !== false || selectDistinctResult?.length > limit) {
+  if (pagination !== false && (orderedIDs ? orderedIDs?.length >= limit : true)) {
     const selectCountMethods: ChainedMethods = []
 
     joinAliases.forEach(({ condition, table }) => {
@@ -174,9 +176,8 @@ export const findMany = async function find({
     rawDocs.sort((a, b) => orderedIDMap[a.id] - orderedIDMap[b.id])
   }
 
-  if (pagination === false) {
+  if (pagination === false || !totalDocs) {
     totalDocs = rawDocs.length
-    limit = totalDocs
     totalPages = 1
     pagingCounter = 1
     hasPrevPage = false
diff --git a/test/relationships/config.ts b/test/relationships/config.ts
index 54c4d15f0..b85655cb1 100644
--- a/test/relationships/config.ts
+++ b/test/relationships/config.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,39 @@ export default buildConfigWithDefaults({
         },
       ],
     },
+    {
+      fields: [
+        {
+          name: 'movieReviewer',
+          relationTo: 'users',
+          required: true,
+          type: 'relationship',
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'likes',
+          hasMany: true,
+          relationTo: 'users',
+          type: 'relationship',
+        },
+        {
+          name: 'visibility',
+          options: [
+            {
+              label: 'followers',
+              value: 'followers',
+            },
+            {
+              label: 'public',
+              value: 'public',
+            },
+          ],
+          required: true,
+          type: 'radio',
+        },
+      ],
+
+      slug: 'movieReviews',
+    },
   ],
   onInit: async (payload) => {
     await payload.create({
diff --git a/test/relationships/int.spec.ts b/test/relationships/int.spec.ts
index c62f6b677..8f695159a 100644
--- a/test/relationships/int.spec.ts
+++ b/test/relationships/int.spec.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,73 @@ describe('Relationships', () => {
         expect(status).toEqual(400)
       })
 
+      it('should count totalDocs correctly when using or in where query and relation contains hasMany relationship fields', async () => {
+        const user = (
+          await payload.find({
+            collection: 'users',
+          })
+        ).docs[0]
+
+        const user2 = await payload.create({
+          collection: 'users',
+          data: {
+            email: '1@test.com',
+            password: 'fwefe',
+          },
+        })
+        const user3 = await payload.create({
+          collection: 'users',
+          data: {
+            email: '2@test.com',
+            password: 'fwsefe',
+          },
+        })
+        const user4 = await payload.create({
+          collection: 'users',
+          data: {
+            email: '3@test.com',
+            password: 'fwddsefe',
+          },
+        })
+        await Promise.all([
+          payload.create({
+            collection: 'movieReviews',
+            data: {
+              likes: [user3.id, user2.id, user.id, user4.id],
+              movieReviewer: user.id,
+              visibility: 'public',
+            },
+          }),
+          payload.create({
+            collection: 'movieReviews',
+            data: {
+              movieReviewer: user2.id,
+              visibility: 'public',
+            },
+          }),
+        ])
+
+        const query = await payload.find({
+          collection: 'movieReviews',
+          depth: 1,
+          where: {
+            or: [
+              {
+                visibility: {
+                  equals: 'public',
+                },
+              },
+              {
+                movieReviewer: {
+                  equals: user.id,
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+          },
+        })
+        expect(query.totalDocs).toEqual(2)
+      })
+
       describe('Custom ID', () => {
         it('should query a custom id relation', async () => {
           const { doc } = await client.findByID<Post>({ id: post.id })