diff --git a/src/ssb.ebt.c b/src/ssb.ebt.c
index 2ad56960..83d77d68 100644
--- a/src/ssb.ebt.c
+++ b/src/ssb.ebt.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ void tf_ssb_ebt_get_progress(tf_ssb_ebt_t* ebt, int* in_pending, int* in_total,
 {
 	uv_mutex_lock(&ebt->mutex);
 	_ebt_count_messages(ebt, in_pending, out_pending);
-	*in_total = ebt->max_in;
-	*out_total = ebt->max_out;
+	*in_total = tf_max(*in_pending, ebt->max_in);
+	*out_total = tf_max(*out_pending, ebt->max_out);
 	uv_mutex_unlock(&ebt->mutex);
 }