diff --git a/kprintjobs/kded_kprintjobs.cpp b/kprintjobs/kded_kprintjobs.cpp
index bb3912b2..ac81ce34 100644
--- a/kprintjobs/kded_kprintjobs.cpp
+++ b/kprintjobs/kded_kprintjobs.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void KPrintJobsModule::slotJobDestroyed(QObject *kprintjobsimpl)
     QMutableMapIterator<int, KPrintJobsImpl*> it(m_printjobs);
     while (it.hasNext()) {
         it.next();
-        KPrintJobsImpl* itvalue = it.value();
+        const KPrintJobsImpl* itvalue = it.value();
         if (itvalue == kprintjobsimpl) {
             it.remove();
             break;
diff --git a/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.cpp b/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.cpp
index e1f54d2e..0fad369a 100644
--- a/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.cpp
+++ b/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ KPrintJobsImpl::KPrintJobsImpl(QObject *parent, const int cupsjobid, const int c
     m_cupsjobstate(cupsjobstate),
     m_cupsjobdestination(cupsjobdest),
     m_emitdescription(true),
+    m_emittotalamount(true),
     m_statetimer(this)
 {
     setProperty("appName", QString::fromLatin1("kprintjobs"));
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ void KPrintJobsImpl::slotCheckState()
                 qMakePair(i18nc("The destination of a print operation", "Destination"), QFile::decodeName(cupsjobs[i].dest))
             );
         }
+        // NOTE: no usefull info about the progress
+        if (m_emittotalamount && cupsjobs[i].size > 0) {
+            m_emittotalamount = false;
+            setTotalAmount(KJob::Bytes, cupsjobs[i].size * 1024);
+        }
         if (cupsjobstate == static_cast<int>(IPP_JSTATE_HELD) && cupsjobstate != m_cupsjobstate) {
             kDebug() << "Print job suspended" << m_cupsjobid;
             m_cupsjobstate = cupsjobstate;
diff --git a/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.h b/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.h
index a1dd31fb..68cbd3cd 100644
--- a/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.h
+++ b/kprintjobs/kprintjobsimpl.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ private:
     int m_cupsjobstate;
     QByteArray m_cupsjobdestination;
     bool m_emitdescription;
+    bool m_emittotalamount;
     QTimer m_statetimer;
 };