diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller.js.coffee
index 5e34e42c72..3f8539d455 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller.js.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-angular.module('admin.orderCycles').controller 'AdminOrderCycleIncomingCtrl', ($scope, $controller, $location, Enterprise, OrderCycle, ocInstance) ->
+angular.module('admin.orderCycles').controller 'AdminOrderCycleIncomingCtrl', ($scope, $controller, $location, Enterprise, OrderCycle, ExchangeProduct, ocInstance) ->
   $controller('AdminOrderCycleExchangesCtrl', {$scope: $scope, ocInstance: ocInstance, $location: $location})
 
   $scope.view = 'incoming'
@@ -9,18 +9,11 @@ angular.module('admin.orderCycles').controller 'AdminOrderCycleIncomingCtrl', ($
     enterprise = $scope.enterprises[exchange.enterprise_id]
     return enterprise.numVariants if enterprise.numVariants?
 
-    $scope.loadExchangeProducts(exchange)
-    return unless enterprise.supplied_products?
-
-    enterprise.numVariants = $scope.countVariants(enterprise.supplied_products)
-
-  $scope.countVariants = (products) ->
-    return 0 unless products
-
-    numVariants = 0
-    for product in products
-      numVariants += product.variants.length
-    numVariants
+    enterprise.numVariants = 0
+    params = { exchange_id: exchange.id, enterprise_id: exchange.enterprise_id, order_cycle_id: $scope.order_cycle.id, incoming: true}
+    ExchangeProduct.countVariants params, (variants_count) ->
+      enterprise.numVariants = variants_count
+    return enterprise.numVariants
 
   $scope.addSupplier = ($event) ->
     $event.preventDefault()
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/exchange_product.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/exchange_product.js.coffee
index 056db9ee46..7f9b3989fe 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/exchange_product.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/admin/order_cycles/services/exchange_product.js.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 angular.module('admin.orderCycles').factory('ExchangeProduct', ($resource) ->
   ExchangeProductResource = $resource('/api/exchanges/:exchange_id/products.json', {}, {
-    'index':
-      method: 'GET'
-      isArray: true
+    'index': { method: 'GET' }
+    'variant_count': { method: 'GET', params: { action_name: "variant_count" }}
   })
   {
     ExchangeProductResource: ExchangeProductResource
@@ -12,4 +11,8 @@ angular.module('admin.orderCycles').factory('ExchangeProduct', ($resource) ->
       ExchangeProductResource.index params, (data) =>
         @loaded = true
         (callback || angular.noop)(data.products)
+
+    countVariants: (params={}, callback=null) ->
+      ExchangeProductResource.variant_count params, (data) =>
+        (callback || angular.noop)(data.count)
   })
diff --git a/app/controllers/api/exchange_products_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/exchange_products_controller.rb
index 01070a6c9a..e9e3ec537b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/exchange_products_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/exchange_products_controller.rb
@@ -20,15 +20,30 @@ module Api
         load_data_from_other_params
       end
 
-      render_paginated_products products
+      render_variant_count && return if params[:action_name] == "variant_count"
+
+      render_paginated_products paginated_products
     end
 
     private
 
+    def render_variant_count
+      render text: {
+        count: Spree::Variant.
+          not_master.
+          where(product_id: products).
+          count
+      }.to_json
+    end
+
     def products
       ExchangeProductsRenderer.
         new(@order_cycle, spree_current_user).
-        exchange_products(@incoming, @enterprise).
+        exchange_products(@incoming, @enterprise)
+    end
+
+    def paginated_products
+      products.
         page(params[:page] || DEFAULT_PAGE).
         per(params[:per_page] || DEFAULT_PER_PAGE)
     end
@@ -52,23 +67,23 @@ module Api
       @incoming = params[:incoming]
     end
 
-    def render_paginated_products(products)
+    def render_paginated_products(paginated_products)
       serializer = ActiveModel::ArraySerializer.new(
-        products,
+        paginated_products,
         each_serializer: Api::Admin::ForOrderCycle::SuppliedProductSerializer,
         order_cycle: @order_cycle
       )
 
       render text: {
         products: serializer,
-        pagination: pagination_data(products)
+        pagination: pagination_data(paginated_products)
       }.to_json
     end
 
-    def pagination_data(results)
+    def pagination_data(paginated_products)
       {
-        results: results.total_count,
-        pages: results.num_pages,
+        results: paginated_products.total_count,
+        pages: paginated_products.num_pages,
         page: (params[:page] || DEFAULT_PAGE).to_i,
         per_page: (params[:per_page] || DEFAULT_PER_PAGE).to_i
       }
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller_spec.js.coffee b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller_spec.js.coffee
index e650317e44..73deb77adc 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller_spec.js.coffee
+++ b/spec/javascripts/unit/admin/order_cycles/controllers/incoming_controller_spec.js.coffee
@@ -23,21 +23,6 @@ describe 'AdminOrderCycleIncomingCtrl', ->
     inject ($controller) ->
       ctrl = $controller 'AdminOrderCycleIncomingCtrl', {$scope: scope, $location: location, OrderCycle: OrderCycle, Enterprise: Enterprise, EnterpriseFee: EnterpriseFee, ocInstance: ocInstance}
 
-  it 'counts total variants in a list of products', ->
-    products = [
-                 {variants: [{}]},
-                 {variants: [{}]},
-                 {variants: [{}, {}, {}]}
-               ]
-
-    expect(scope.countVariants(products)).toEqual(5)
-
-  it 'returns zero when products list is null', ->
-    expect(scope.countVariants(null)).toEqual(0)
-
-  it 'returns zero when products list is empty', ->
-    expect(scope.countVariants([])).toEqual(0)
-
   it 'adds order cycle suppliers', ->
     scope.new_supplier_id = 'new supplier id'