diff --git a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/UsersController.php b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
index 2e3b0d80ebcfc..46c149a1fed95 100644
--- a/apps/settings/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
+++ b/apps/settings/lib/Controller/UsersController.php
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ public function usersList(): TemplateResponse {
 		$recentUsersGroup = [
 			'id' => '__nc_internal_recent',
 			'name' => $this->l10n->t('Recently active'),
-			'usercount' => $userCount,
+			'usercount' => $this->userManager->countSeenUsers(),
 		];
 
 		$disabledUsersGroup = [
diff --git a/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php b/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php
index cb4d19279193a..f194f6e5f55c2 100644
--- a/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/User/ManagerTest.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 use OCP\ICacheFactory;
 use OCP\IConfig;
 use OCP\IUser;
+use OCP\IUserManager;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Test\TestCase;
 
@@ -579,7 +580,7 @@ public function testCountUsersTwoBackends(): void {
 	}
 
 	public function testCountUsersOnlyDisabled(): void {
-		$manager = \OC::$server->getUserManager();
+		$manager = \OCP\Server::get(IUserManager::class);
 		// count other users in the db before adding our own
 		$countBefore = $manager->countDisabledUsers();
 
@@ -604,7 +605,7 @@ public function testCountUsersOnlyDisabled(): void {
 	}
 
 	public function testCountUsersOnlySeen(): void {
-		$manager = \OC::$server->getUserManager();
+		$manager = \OCP\Server::get(IUserManager::class);
 		// count other users in the db before adding our own
 		$countBefore = $manager->countSeenUsers();
 
@@ -630,7 +631,7 @@ public function testCountUsersOnlySeen(): void {
 	}
 
 	public function testCallForSeenUsers(): void {
-		$manager = \OC::$server->getUserManager();
+		$manager = \OCP\Server::get(IUserManager::class);
 		// count other users in the db before adding our own
 		$count = 0;
 		$function = function (IUser $user) use (&$count) {
@@ -664,7 +665,7 @@ public function testCallForSeenUsers(): void {
 	}
 
 	public function testRecentlyActive(): void {
-		$manager = \OC::$server->getUserManager();
+		$manager = \OCP\Server::get(IUserManager::class);
 		$config = \OC::$server->get(IConfig::class);
 
 		// Create some users