diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php
index 57bd6fe589dd..68695cf821d3 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Api/ComponentsController.php
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ public function index(Request $request) : JsonResponse | array
             ];
 
         $components = Component::select('components.*')
-            ->with('company', 'location', 'category', 'assets', 'supplier', 'adminuser', 'manufacturer', 'uncontrainedAssets')
-            ->withSum('uncontrainedAssets', 'components_assets.assigned_qty');
+            ->with('company', 'location', 'category', 'supplier', 'adminuser', 'manufacturer')
+            ->withSum('uncontrainedAssets as sum_unconstrained_assets', 'components_assets.assigned_qty');
 
         $filter = [];
 
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ public function index(Request $request) : JsonResponse | array
         }
 
         // Make sure the offset and limit are actually integers and do not exceed system limits
-        $offset = ($request->input('offset') > $components->count()) ? $components->count() : app('api_offset_value');
+        $components_count = $components->count();
+        $offset = ($request->input('offset') > $components_count) ? $components_count : app('api_offset_value');
         $limit = app('api_limit_value');
 
         $order = $request->input('order') === 'asc' ? 'asc' : 'desc';
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public function index(Request $request) : JsonResponse | array
                 break;
         }
 
-        $total = $components->count();
+        $total = $components_count;
         $components = $components->skip($offset)->take($limit)->get();
 
         return (new ComponentsTransformer)->transformComponents($components, $total);
diff --git a/app/Models/Component.php b/app/Models/Component.php
index 14c4521fc4d1..7493d204c45c 100644
--- a/app/Models/Component.php
+++ b/app/Models/Component.php
@@ -238,14 +238,26 @@ public function assetlog()
      * @since  [v5.0]
      * @return int
      */
-    public function numCheckedOut()
+    public function numCheckedOut(bool $recalculate = false)
     {
-        $checkedout = 0;
+        /**
+         *
+         * WARNING: This method caches the result, so if you're doing something
+         * that is going to change the number of checked-out items, make sure to pass
+         * 'true' as the first parameter to force this to recalculate the number of checked-out
+         * items!!!!!
+         *
+         */
 
         // In case there are elements checked out to assets that belong to a different company
         // than this asset and full multiple company support is on we'll remove the global scope,
         // so they are included in the count.
-        return $this->uncontrainedAssets->sum('pivot.assigned_qty');
+        if (is_null($this->sum_unconstrained_assets) || $recalculate) {
+            // This, in a components-listing context, is mostly important for when it sets a 'zero' which
+            // is *not* null - so we don't have to keep recalculating for un-checked-out components
+            $this->sum_unconstrained_assets = $this->uncontrainedAssets()->sum('assigned_qty') ?? 0;
+        }
+        return $this->sum_unconstrained_assets;
     }