diff --git a/IkiWiki/Plugin/pagecount.pm b/IkiWiki/Plugin/pagecount.pm
index f8881a04b..1955603b0 100644
--- a/IkiWiki/Plugin/pagecount.pm
+++ b/IkiWiki/Plugin/pagecount.pm
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ sub preprocess (@) {
 	# register a dependency.
 	add_depends($params{page}, $params{pages});
 	
-	my @pages=keys %pagesources;
-	@pages=pagespec_match_list(\@pages, $params{pages}, location => $params{page})
+	my @pages=pagespec_match_list([keys %pagesources], $params{pages}, location => $params{page})
 		if $params{pages} ne "*"; # optimisation;
 	return $#pages+1;
 }