diff --git a/system/database/DB_query_builder.php b/system/database/DB_query_builder.php
index 79cbfb3..e5ffef2 100644
--- a/system/database/DB_query_builder.php
+++ b/system/database/DB_query_builder.php
@@ -1353,9 +1353,10 @@
 	 * returned by an Query Builder query.
 	 *
 	 * @param	string
+	 * @param	bool	the reset clause
 	 * @return	int
 	 */
-	public function count_all_results($table = '')
+	public function count_all_results($table = '', $reset = TRUE)
 	{
 		if ($table !== '')
 		{
@@ -1366,7 +1367,11 @@
 		$result = ($this->qb_distinct === TRUE)
 			? $this->query($this->_count_string.$this->protect_identifiers('numrows')."\nFROM (\n".$this->_compile_select()."\n) CI_count_all_results")
 			: $this->query($this->_compile_select($this->_count_string.$this->protect_identifiers('numrows')));
-		$this->_reset_select();
+
+		if ($reset === TRUE)
+		{
+			$this->_reset_select();
+		}
 
 		if ($result->num_rows() === 0)
 		{
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 99e4de5..7f6cafa 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
       - Methods ``insert_batch()`` and ``update_batch()`` now return an integer representing the number of rows affected by them.
       - Methods ``where()``, ``or_where()``, ``having()`` and ``or_having()`` now convert trailing  ``=`` and ``<>``,  ``!=`` SQL operators to ``IS NULL`` and ``IS NOT NULL`` respectively when the supplied comparison value is ``NULL``.
       - Added method chaining support to ``reset_query()``, ``start_cache()``, ``stop_cache()`` and ``flush_cache()``.
+      - Added an optional second to ``count_all_results()`` to disable resetting of QB values.
 
    -  :doc:`Database Results <database/results>` changes include:
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/query_builder.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/query_builder.rst
index 9b46947..68ddca7 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/database/query_builder.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/query_builder.rst
@@ -527,6 +527,12 @@
 	$this->db->from('my_table');
 	echo $this->db->count_all_results(); // Produces an integer, like 17
 
+The second paramater is to disable resetting of QB values. Example::
+
+	echo $this->db->count_all_results('my_table');  // Produces an integer, like 25
+	$this->db->like('title', 'match');
+	echo $this->db->count_all_results(); // Produces an integer, like 17
+
 **$this->db->count_all()**
 
 Permits you to determine the number of rows in a particular table.