diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py
index 17eeaa949..0f83655a6 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/serializers_/roles.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from rest_framework import serializers
+
 from dcim.models import DeviceRole, InventoryItemRole
 from extras.api.serializers_.configtemplates import ConfigTemplateSerializer
 from netbox.api.fields import RelatedObjectCountField
@@ -13,10 +15,8 @@ __all__ = (
 class DeviceRoleSerializer(NestedGroupModelSerializer):
     parent = NestedDeviceRoleSerializer(required=False, allow_null=True, default=None)
     config_template = ConfigTemplateSerializer(nested=True, required=False, allow_null=True, default=None)
-
-    # Related object counts
-    device_count = RelatedObjectCountField('devices')
-    virtualmachine_count = RelatedObjectCountField('virtual_machines')
+    device_count = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True, default=0)
+    virtualmachine_count = serializers.IntegerField(read_only=True, default=0)
 
     class Meta:
         model = DeviceRole
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/api/views.py b/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
index a64c9e5e3..eafe813a7 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/api/views.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from netbox.api.viewsets import NetBoxModelViewSet, MPTTLockedMixin
 from netbox.api.viewsets.mixins import SequentialBulkCreatesMixin
 from utilities.api import get_serializer_for_model
 from utilities.query_functions import CollateAsChar
+from virtualization.models import VirtualMachine
 from . import serializers
 from .exceptions import MissingFilterException
 
@@ -351,7 +352,19 @@ class InventoryItemTemplateViewSet(MPTTLockedMixin, NetBoxModelViewSet):
 #
 
 class DeviceRoleViewSet(NetBoxModelViewSet):
-    queryset = DeviceRole.objects.all()
+    queryset = DeviceRole.objects.add_related_count(
+        DeviceRole.objects.add_related_count(
+            DeviceRole.objects.all(),
+            VirtualMachine,
+            'role',
+            'virtualmachine_count',
+            cumulative=True
+        ),
+        Device,
+        'role',
+        'device_count',
+        cumulative=True
+    )
     serializer_class = serializers.DeviceRoleSerializer
     filterset_class = filtersets.DeviceRoleFilterSet
 
diff --git a/netbox/dcim/views.py b/netbox/dcim/views.py
index 304438698..c53426f1a 100644
--- a/netbox/dcim/views.py
+++ b/netbox/dcim/views.py
@@ -1990,9 +1990,18 @@ class InventoryItemTemplateBulkDeleteView(generic.BulkDeleteView):
 
 @register_model_view(DeviceRole, 'list', path='', detail=False)
 class DeviceRoleListView(generic.ObjectListView):
-    queryset = DeviceRole.objects.annotate(
-        device_count=count_related(Device, 'role'),
-        vm_count=count_related(VirtualMachine, 'role')
+    queryset = DeviceRole.objects.add_related_count(
+        DeviceRole.objects.add_related_count(
+            DeviceRole.objects.all(),
+            VirtualMachine,
+            'role',
+            'vm_count',
+            cumulative=True
+        ),
+        Device,
+        'role',
+        'device_count',
+        cumulative=True
     )
     filterset = filtersets.DeviceRoleFilterSet
     filterset_form = forms.DeviceRoleFilterForm