diff --git a/frappe/public/js/frappe/widgets/shortcut_widget.js b/frappe/public/js/frappe/widgets/shortcut_widget.js
index 18d05043e3..72e7e152e6 100644
--- a/frappe/public/js/frappe/widgets/shortcut_widget.js
+++ b/frappe/public/js/frappe/widgets/shortcut_widget.js
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ export default class ShortcutWidget extends Widget {
 		});
 
 		let filters = frappe.utils.process_filter_expression(this.stats_filter);
-		if (this.type == "DocType" && filters) {
+
+		if (this.type == "DocType" && this.doc_view != "New" && filters) {
 			frappe.db
 				.count(this.link_to, {
 					filters: filters,