--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/realname/realname.module
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/realname/realname.module
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
   if (variable_get('realname_search_enable', FALSE)) {
     $start = variable_get('realname_last_index', -1) + 1;
     $limit = (int)variable_get('search_cron_limit', 100);
-    $how_many = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM {users} WHERE status = 1 AND uid >= %d ORDER BY uid", $start));
+    $how_many = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(uid) FROM {users} WHERE status = 1 AND uid >= %d", $start));
     $limit = min($limit, $how_many);
     if ($limit < 1) {
       return;