diff --git a/app/models/collection.rb b/app/models/collection.rb
index 8e25e4b474..320933ea60 100644
--- a/app/models/collection.rb
+++ b/app/models/collection.rb
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@
 #
 # Table name: collections
 #
-#  id           :bigint(8)        not null, primary key
-#  description  :text             not null
-#  discoverable :boolean          not null
-#  local        :boolean          not null
-#  name         :string           not null
-#  remote_items :integer
-#  sensitive    :boolean          not null
-#  uri          :string
-#  created_at   :datetime         not null
-#  updated_at   :datetime         not null
-#  account_id   :bigint(8)        not null
-#  tag_id       :bigint(8)
+#  id                       :bigint(8)        not null, primary key
+#  description              :text             not null
+#  discoverable             :boolean          not null
+#  local                    :boolean          not null
+#  name                     :string           not null
+#  original_number_of_items :integer
+#  sensitive                :boolean          not null
+#  uri                      :string
+#  created_at               :datetime         not null
+#  updated_at               :datetime         not null
+#  account_id               :bigint(8)        not null
+#  tag_id                   :bigint(8)
 #
 class Collection < ApplicationRecord
   MAX_ITEMS = 25
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ class Collection < ApplicationRecord
   validates :name, presence: true
   validates :description, presence: true
   validates :uri, presence: true, if: :remote?
-  validates :remote_items, presence: true,
-                           numericality: { greater_than_or_equal: 0 },
-                           if: :remote?
+  validates :original_number_of_items,
+            presence: true,
+            numericality: { greater_than_or_equal: 0 },
+            if: :remote?
   validate :tag_is_usable
   validate :items_do_not_exceed_limit
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20251118115657_create_collections.rb b/db/migrate/20251118115657_create_collections.rb
index 311b2fdd94..299cc7aade 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20251118115657_create_collections.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20251118115657_create_collections.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class CreateCollections < ActiveRecord::Migration[8.0]
       t.boolean :sensitive, null: false # rubocop:disable Rails/ThreeStateBooleanColumn
       t.boolean :discoverable, null: false # rubocop:disable Rails/ThreeStateBooleanColumn
       t.references :tag, foreign_key: true
-      t.integer :remote_items
+      t.integer :original_number_of_items
 
       t.timestamps
     end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index cc00e9d64e..b836267291 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema[8.0].define(version: 2025_11_19_093332) do
     t.boolean "sensitive", null: false
     t.boolean "discoverable", null: false
     t.bigint "tag_id"
-    t.integer "remote_items"
+    t.integer "original_number_of_items"
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.index ["account_id"], name: "index_collections_on_account_id"
diff --git a/spec/models/collection_spec.rb b/spec/models/collection_spec.rb
index aa839973b1..c6a500210f 100644
--- a/spec/models/collection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/collection_spec.rb
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RSpec.describe Collection do
 
       it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:uri) }
 
-      it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:remote_items) }
+      it { is_expected.to validate_presence_of(:original_number_of_items) }
     end
 
     context 'when using a hashtag as category' do