diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm.py b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
index ab42ed81..95e07b7d 100755
--- a/tqdm/_tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ class tqdm(object):
                 """
 
                 # Precompute total iterations
-                total = getattr(df, 'ngroups', None)
+                total = tkwargs.pop("total", getattr(df, 'ngroups', None))
                 if total is None:  # not grouped
                     if df_function == 'applymap':
                         total = df.size