diff --git a/netbox/utilities/views.py b/netbox/utilities/views.py
index 19643e664..674a33d22 100644
--- a/netbox/utilities/views.py
+++ b/netbox/utilities/views.py
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ class BulkEditView(View):
 
                 # Update custom fields for objects
                 if custom_fields:
-                    self.update_custom_fields(pk_list, form, custom_fields)
+                    objs_updated = self.update_custom_fields(pk_list, form, custom_fields)
+                    if objs_updated and not updated_count:
+                        updated_count = objs_updated
 
                 if updated_count:
                     msg = u'Updated {} {}'.format(updated_count, self.cls._meta.verbose_name_plural)
@@ -334,6 +336,8 @@ class BulkEditView(View):
 
     def update_custom_fields(self, pk_list, form, fields):
         obj_type = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(self.cls)
+        objs_updated = False
+
         for name in fields:
             if form.cleaned_data[name] not in [None, u'']:
 
@@ -354,6 +358,10 @@ class BulkEditView(View):
                     for pk in create_list
                 ])
 
+                objs_updated = True
+
+        return len(pk_list) if objs_updated else 0
+
 
 class BulkDeleteView(View):
     cls = None