diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2.sh
index 0de5cb344d9..22786ce02a5 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup-v2.sh
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ get_transfer()
 get_footprint()
 {
     pushd $WSREP_SST_OPT_DATA 1>/dev/null
-    payload=$(find . -regex '.*\.ibd$\|.*\.MYI$\|.*\.MYD$\|.*ibdata1$' -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=- --block-size=1 -c | awk 'END { print $1 }')
+    payload=$(find . -regex '.*\.ibd$\|.*\.MYI$\|.*\.MYD$\|.*ibdata1$' -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=- --block-size=1 -c -s | awk 'END { print $1 }')
     if $MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS xtrabackup | grep -q -- "--compress";then 
         # QuickLZ has around 50% compression ratio
         # When compression/compaction used, the progress is only an approximate.
diff --git a/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup.sh b/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup.sh
index 22ee7b7658b..20e84885380 100644
--- a/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup.sh
+++ b/scripts/wsrep_sst_xtrabackup.sh
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ get_transfer()
 get_footprint()
 {
     pushd $WSREP_SST_OPT_DATA 1>/dev/null
-    payload=$(find . -regex '.*\.ibd$\|.*\.MYI$\|.*\.MYD$\|.*ibdata1$' -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=- --block-size=1 -c | awk 'END { print $1 }')
+    payload=$(find . -regex '.*\.ibd$\|.*\.MYI$\|.*\.MYD$\|.*ibdata1$' -type f -print0 | du --files0-from=- --block-size=1 -c -s | awk 'END { print $1 }')
     if $MY_PRINT_DEFAULTS xtrabackup | grep -q -- "--compress";then 
         # QuickLZ has around 50% compression ratio
         # When compression/compaction used, the progress is only an approximate.