diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt
index 24cbd18ad0..f086b43a9f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment.kt
@@ -906,6 +906,12 @@ private fun LazyListScope.appendBackupDetailsItems(
 
   if (backupState !is BackupState.ActiveFree) {
     item {
+      val sizeText = if (backupMediaSize < 0L) {
+        stringResource(R.string.RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__loading)
+      } else {
+        backupMediaSize.bytes.toUnitString()
+      }
+
       Rows.TextRow(text = {
         Column {
           Text(
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsState.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsState.kt
index 049cfb578d..8c31808419 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/components/settings/app/backups/remote/RemoteBackupsSettingsState.kt
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ data class RemoteBackupsSettingsState(
   val isOutOfStorageSpace: Boolean = false,
   val totalAllowedStorageSpace: String = "",
   val backupState: BackupState,
-  val backupMediaSize: Long = 0,
+  val backupMediaSize: Long = -1L,
   val backupsFrequency: BackupFrequency = BackupFrequency.DAILY,
   val lastBackupTimestamp: Long = 0,
   val dialog: Dialog = Dialog.NONE,
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 227816c0c7..9a6cbf20b4 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -8150,6 +8150,8 @@
     <string name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__resume_download">Resume download</string>
     <!-- Row label for backup size -->
     <string name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__backup_size">Backup size</string>
+    <!-- Row description for backup size when waiting for it to load in from the database -->
+    <string name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__loading">Loading...</string>
     <!-- Row label for backup frequency -->
     <string name="RemoteBackupsSettingsFragment__backup_frequency">Backup frequency</string>
     <!-- Toggle row label for allowing backups to occur while on cellular connection -->