diff --git a/kaminari-activerecord/lib/kaminari/activerecord/active_record_relation_methods.rb b/kaminari-activerecord/lib/kaminari/activerecord/active_record_relation_methods.rb
index 4fdd799..7089d91 100644
--- a/kaminari-activerecord/lib/kaminari/activerecord/active_record_relation_methods.rb
+++ b/kaminari-activerecord/lib/kaminari/activerecord/active_record_relation_methods.rb
@@ -33,8 +33,10 @@ module Kaminari
       c = c.count(column_name)
       @total_count = if c.is_a?(Hash) || c.is_a?(ActiveSupport::OrderedHash)
         c.count
-      else
-        c.respond_to?(:count) ? c.count(column_name) : c
+     elsif c.respond_to? :count
+       c.count(column_name)
+     else
+       c
       end
     end