diff --git a/C4/Biblio.pm b/C4/Biblio.pm
index 4b32ad43d5..3f48dbb8df 100644
--- a/C4/Biblio.pm
+++ b/C4/Biblio.pm
@@ -3100,19 +3100,21 @@ sub UpdateTotalIssues {
         $exception->rethrow unless ( $exception->isa('Koha::Exceptions::Metadata::Invalid') );
         warn $exception;
         warn "UpdateTotalIssues could not get bibliographic record for biblionumber $biblionumber";
-        return;
+        return -1;
     }
     my $biblioitem = $biblio->biblioitem;
     my ($totalissuestag, $totalissuessubfield) = GetMarcFromKohaField( 'biblioitems.totalissues' );
     unless ($totalissuestag) {
-        return 1; # There is nothing to do
+        return 0; # There is nothing to do
     }
 
+    my $current_issues = $biblioitem->totalissues // 0;
     if (defined $value) {
         $totalissues = $value;
     } else {
         $totalissues = $biblioitem->totalissues + $increase;
     }
+    return 0 if $current_issues == $totalissues;    # No need to update if no changes
 
      my $field = $record->field($totalissuestag);
      if (defined $field) {
diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl b/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl
index 3e3a66b1f2..a5f7a5f528 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/update_totalissues.pl
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
 $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
 
 my $num_bibs_processed = 0;
-my $num_bibs_error = 0;
+my $num_bibs_updated   = 0;
+my $num_bibs_error     = 0;
 
 my $starttime = time();
 
@@ -169,13 +170,14 @@ sub process_query {
             my $ret;
             if ( $incremental && $totalissues > 0 ) {
                 $ret = UpdateTotalIssues( $biblionumber, $totalissues, undef, 1 );
-            }
-            else {
+            } else {
                 $ret = UpdateTotalIssues( $biblionumber, 0, $totalissues, 1 );
             }
-            unless ($ret) {
+            if ( $ret == -1 ) {
                 print "Error while processing bib $biblionumber\n" if $verbose;
                 $num_bibs_error++;
+            } elsif ( $ret == 1 ) {
+                $num_bibs_updated++;
             }
         }
         if ( not $test_only and ( $num_bibs_processed % $commit ) == 0 ) {
@@ -199,7 +201,8 @@ Update total issues count script report
 Run started at:                         $starttime
 Run ended at:                           $endtime
 Total run time:                         $totaltime ms
-Number of bibs modified:                $num_bibs_processed
+Number of bibs processed:               $num_bibs_processed
+Number of bibs modified:                $num_bibs_updated
 Number of bibs with error:              $num_bibs_error
 _SUMMARY_
     $summary .= "\n****  Ran in test mode only  ****\n" if $test_only;