diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py
index df4152dd36..715650228c 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/progress.py
@@ -97,8 +97,7 @@ class ProgressBarBase(Callback):
             total_val_batches = len(trainer.val_dataloaders)
         elif not self.trainer.disable_validation:
             is_val_epoch = trainer.current_epoch % trainer.check_val_every_n_epoch == 0
-            total_val_batches = trainer.num_val_batches if is_val_epoch else 0
-            total_val_batches = sum(total_val_batches)
+            total_val_batches = sum(trainer.num_val_batches) if is_val_epoch else 0
         return total_val_batches
 
     @property