diff --git a/dvc/remote/base.py b/dvc/remote/base.py
index e355f63c6..b73e24b89 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/base.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/base.py
@@ -151,16 +151,16 @@ class RemoteBASE(object):
             tasks = executor.map(self.get_file_checksum, file_infos)
 
             if len(file_infos) > LARGE_DIR_SIZE:
-                msg = (
-                    "Computing md5 for a large number of files. "
-                    "This is only done once."
+                logger.info(
+                    (
+                        "Computing md5 for a large number of files. "
+                        "This is only done once."
+                    )
                 )
-                logger.info(msg)
-
-        tasks = Tqdm(tasks, total=len(file_infos), unit="md5")
-        checksums = {
-            file_infos[index]: task for index, task in enumerate(tasks)
-        }
+                tasks = Tqdm(tasks, total=len(file_infos), unit="md5")
+            checksums = {
+                file_infos[index]: task for index, task in enumerate(tasks)
+            }
         return checksums
 
     def _collect_dir(self, path_info):
diff --git a/dvc/remote/http.py b/dvc/remote/http.py
index 2a8f378b9..4373fe788 100644
--- a/dvc/remote/http.py
+++ b/dvc/remote/http.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class RemoteHTTP(RemoteBASE):
                     fd.flush()
                     pbar.update(len(chunk))
             # print completed progress bar for large file sizes
-            if (total or pbar.n) > LARGE_FILE_SIZE:
+            pbar.n = total or pbar.n
+            if pbar.n > LARGE_FILE_SIZE:
                 Tqdm.write(str(pbar))
 
     def exists(self, path_info):