diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
index fccbf9a9..bc2b4857 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/apiserver.go
@@ -149,6 +149,17 @@ func (c completedConfig) New() (*CozyServer, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to build manager: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	if err := mgr.GetFieldIndexer().IndexField(
+		context.Background(),
+		&corev1.Service{},
+		"spec.type",
+		func(rawObj client.Object) []string {
+			svc := rawObj.(*corev1.Service)
+			return []string{string(svc.Spec.Type)}
+		}); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to index service spec.type field: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	ctx := ctrl.SetupSignalHandler()
 
 	if err = mustGetInformers(ctx, mgr,
diff --git a/pkg/registry/apps/application/rest.go b/pkg/registry/apps/application/rest.go
index a69e23db..00d22486 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/apps/application/rest.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/apps/application/rest.go
@@ -1278,16 +1278,18 @@ func (r *REST) countTenantExternalIPs(ctx context.Context, namespace string) (in
 	}
 
 	var services corev1.ServiceList
-	if err := r.c.List(ctx, &services, client.InNamespace(namespace)); err != nil {
+	if err := r.c.List(
+		ctx,
+		&services,
+		client.InNamespace(namespace),
+		client.MatchingFields{"spec.type": string(corev1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer)},
+	); err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 
 	var count int32
 	for i := range services.Items {
 		svc := &services.Items[i]
-		if svc.Spec.Type != corev1.ServiceTypeLoadBalancer {
-			continue
-		}
 		for _, ingress := range svc.Status.LoadBalancer.Ingress {
 			if ingress.IP != "" {
 				count++