diff --git a/app/controllers/api/teams.php b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
index b45c9fd3b9..dfdccf5e99 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/teams.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/teams.php
@@ -615,7 +615,10 @@ App::post('/v1/teams/:teamId/memberships')
             $membership = ($isPrivilegedUser || $isAppUser) ?
                 Authorization::skip(fn () => $dbForProject->createDocument('memberships', $membership)) :
                 $dbForProject->createDocument('memberships', $membership);
-            Authorization::skip(fn () => $dbForProject->increaseDocumentAttribute('teams', $team->getId(), 'total', 1));
+
+            if ($isPrivilegedUser || $isAppUser) {
+                Authorization::skip(fn () => $dbForProject->increaseDocumentAttribute('teams', $team->getId(), 'total', 1));
+            }
 
         } elseif ($membership->getAttribute('confirm') === false) {
             $membership->setAttribute('secret', Auth::hash($secret));