diff --git a/boreas/alivedetection.c b/boreas/alivedetection.c
index 3df33eeb5..e3449d366 100644
--- a/boreas/alivedetection.c
+++ b/boreas/alivedetection.c
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ scan (alive_test_t alive_test)
 {
   int number_of_targets;
   int number_of_dead_hosts;
+  int number_of_alive_hosts;
   pthread_t sniffer_thread_id;
   GHashTableIter target_hosts_iter;
   gpointer key, value;
@@ -186,9 +187,22 @@ scan (alive_test_t alive_test)
 
   stop_sniffer_thread (&scanner, sniffer_thread_id);
 
-  /* Send info about dead hosts to ospd-openvas. This is needed for the
-   * calculation of the progress bar for gsa. */
-  number_of_dead_hosts = send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (scanner.hosts_data);
+  number_of_dead_hosts = count_difference (scanner.hosts_data->targethosts,
+                                           scanner.hosts_data->alivehosts);
+  number_of_alive_hosts = g_hash_table_size (scanner.hosts_data->alivehosts);
+
+  /* Send number of dead hosts to ospd-openvas. We need to consider the scan
+   * restrictions.*/
+  if (scanner.scan_restrictions->max_scan_hosts_reached)
+    {
+      send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (
+        number_of_targets
+        - (number_of_alive_hosts - scanner.scan_restrictions->max_scan_hosts));
+    }
+  else
+    {
+      send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (number_of_dead_hosts);
+    }
 
   gettimeofday (&end_time, NULL);
 
diff --git a/boreas/boreas_io.c b/boreas/boreas_io.c
index 22a8440bc..d9987e8a3 100644
--- a/boreas/boreas_io.c
+++ b/boreas/boreas_io.c
@@ -327,19 +327,19 @@ handle_scan_restrictions (struct scanner *scanner, gchar *addr_str)
  * @brief Send the number of dead hosts to ospd-openvas.
  *
  * This information is needed for the calculation of the progress bar for gsa in
- * ospd-openvas.
+ * ospd-openvas. The number of dead hosts sent to ospd-openvas may not
+ * necessarily reflect the acutal number of dead hosts in the target list.
  *
  * @param hosts_data  Includes all data which is needed for calculating the
  * number of dead hosts.
  *
  * @return number of dead hosts, or -1 in case of an error.
  */
-int
-send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (struct hosts_data *hosts_data)
+void
+send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (int count_dead_hosts)
 {
   kb_t main_kb;
   int maindbid;
-  int count_dead_hosts;
   char dead_host_msg_to_ospd_openvas[2048];
 
   maindbid = atoi (prefs_get ("ov_maindbid"));
@@ -350,21 +350,14 @@ send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (struct hosts_data *hosts_data)
       g_debug ("%s: Could not connect to main_kb for sending dead hosts to "
                "ospd-openvas.",
                __func__);
-      return -1;
     }
 
-  /* Number of targethosts - alivehosts. */
-  count_dead_hosts =
-    count_difference (hosts_data->targethosts, hosts_data->alivehosts);
-
   snprintf (dead_host_msg_to_ospd_openvas,
             sizeof (dead_host_msg_to_ospd_openvas), "DEADHOST||| ||| ||| |||%d",
             count_dead_hosts);
   kb_item_push_str (main_kb, "internal/results", dead_host_msg_to_ospd_openvas);
 
   kb_lnk_reset (main_kb);
-
-  return count_dead_hosts;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/boreas/boreas_io.h b/boreas/boreas_io.h
index 6bc74e1c7..7a3017e9d 100644
--- a/boreas/boreas_io.h
+++ b/boreas/boreas_io.h
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ get_host_from_queue (kb_t, gboolean *);
 void
 put_finish_signal_on_queue (void *);
 
-int
-send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (struct hosts_data *);
+void
+send_dead_hosts_to_ospd_openvas (int);
 
 void
 init_scan_restrictions (struct scanner *, int);