diff --git a/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldForm.module b/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldForm.module
index b3ce5a37..16274a7d 100644
--- a/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldForm.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldForm.module
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ class InputfieldForm extends InputfieldWrapper {
 		$matches = false;
 
 		if($subfield == 'count') {
-			$value = count($value);
+			$value = wireCount($value);
 			if(self::debug) $this->debugNote("Actual count ($debugNote): $value");
 		}
 		if(is_object($value)) $value = "$value";
diff --git a/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldMarkup.module b/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldMarkup.module
index 44e30aba..51b7b972 100644
--- a/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldMarkup.module
+++ b/wire/modules/Inputfield/InputfieldMarkup.module
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class InputfieldMarkup extends InputfieldWrapper {
 		}
 		$out = trim($out);
 
-		if(count($textformatters)) {
+		if(wireCount($textformatters)) {
 			foreach($textformatters as $className) {
 				$t = $this->wire('modules')->get($className);
 				if(!$t) continue;