diff --git a/dashboard-widgets.el b/dashboard-widgets.el
index d22fed9a..9b3991e2 100644
--- a/dashboard-widgets.el
+++ b/dashboard-widgets.el
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ Example:
       (when (bound-and-true-p package-alist)
         (setq package-count (length package-activated-list)))
       (when (boundp 'straight--profile-cache)
-        (setq package-count (+ (hash-table-size straight--profile-cache) package-count)))
+        (setq package-count (+ (hash-table-count straight--profile-cache) package-count)))
       (if (zerop package-count)
           (format "Emacs started in %s" time)
         (format "%d packages loaded in %s" package-count time))))