diff --git a/ui/entry.go b/ui/entry.go
index a67fa683..e2c3c006 100644
--- a/ui/entry.go
+++ b/ui/entry.go
@@ -266,12 +266,6 @@ func (c *Controller) ShowUnreadEntry(ctx *handler.Context, request *handler.Requ
 		return
 	}
 
-	args, err := c.getCommonTemplateArgs(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		response.HTML().ServerError(err)
-		return
-	}
-
 	builder = c.store.NewEntryQueryBuilder(user.ID)
 	builder.WithStatus(model.EntryStatusUnread)
 
@@ -301,6 +295,13 @@ func (c *Controller) ShowUnreadEntry(ctx *handler.Context, request *handler.Requ
 		}
 	}
 
+	// The unread counter have to be fetched after changing the entry status
+	args, err := c.getCommonTemplateArgs(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		response.HTML().ServerError(err)
+		return
+	}
+
 	response.HTML().Render("entry", args.Merge(tplParams{
 		"entry":          entry,
 		"prevEntry":      prevEntry,