diff --git a/routers/web/repo/release.go b/routers/web/repo/release.go
index c9f12a0f18553..1a0303f1f21ba 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/release.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/release.go
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ func releasesOrTags(ctx *context.Context, isTagList bool) {
 	}
 
 	ctx.Data["Releases"] = releases
-	ctx.Data["ReleasesNum"] = len(releases)
 
 	pager := context.NewPagination(int(count), opts.PageSize, opts.Page, 5)
 	pager.SetDefaultParams(ctx)
diff --git a/templates/repo/release_tag_header.tmpl b/templates/repo/release_tag_header.tmpl
index 9938b9683e42b..1bb645acc45e8 100644
--- a/templates/repo/release_tag_header.tmpl
+++ b/templates/repo/release_tag_header.tmpl
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<div class="gt-df">
 		<div class="gt-f1 gt-df gt-ac">
 			<h2 class="ui compact small menu header small-menu-items">
-				<a class="{{if .PageIsReleaseList}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/releases">{{.locale.PrettyNumber .ReleasesNum}} {{.locale.TrN .ReleasesNum "repo.release" "repo.releases"}}</a>
+				<a class="{{if .PageIsReleaseList}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/releases">{{.locale.PrettyNumber .NumReleases}} {{.locale.TrN .NumReleases "repo.release" "repo.releases"}}</a>
 				{{if $canReadCode}}
 					<a class="{{if .PageIsTagList}}active {{end}}item" href="{{.RepoLink}}/tags">{{.locale.PrettyNumber .NumTags}} {{.locale.TrN .NumTags "repo.tag" "repo.tags"}}</a>
 				{{end}}