diff --git a/src/postorius/views/list.py b/src/postorius/views/list.py
index c5a64be..6944176 100644
--- a/src/postorius/views/list.py
+++ b/src/postorius/views/list.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         context['members'] = utils.paginate(
             request, find_method, count=request.GET.get('count', 25),
             paginator_class=utils.MailmanPaginator)
-        if len(mailing_list.members) == 0:
+        if mailing_list.member_count == 0:
             context['empty_error'] = _('List has no Subscribers')
         else:
             context['empty_error'] =\