diff --git a/awx/api/serializers.py b/awx/api/serializers.py
index 8462ba4528..9dbdfd8d63 100644
--- a/awx/api/serializers.py
+++ b/awx/api/serializers.py
@@ -1839,11 +1839,15 @@ class OrganizationCredentialSerializerCreate(CredentialSerializerCreate):
 class LabelsListMixin(object):
 
     def _summary_field_labels(self, obj):
-        label_list = [{'id': x.id, 'name': x.name} for x in obj.labels.all().order_by('name')[:10]]
-        if len(label_list) < 10:
-            label_ct = len(label_list)
+        if hasattr(obj, '_prefetched_objects_cache') and obj.labels.prefetch_cache_name in obj._prefetched_objects_cache:
+            label_list = [{'id': x.id, 'name': x.name} for x in obj.labels.all()[:10]]
+            label_ct = len(obj.labels.all())
         else:
-            label_ct = obj.labels.count()
+            label_list = [{'id': x.id, 'name': x.name} for x in obj.labels.all().order_by('name')[:10]]
+            if len(label_list) < 10:
+                label_ct = len(label_list)
+            else:
+                label_ct = obj.labels.count()
         return {'count': label_ct, 'results': label_list}
 
     def get_summary_fields(self, obj):
diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 9e046f5162..0f75d6ca61 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2568,6 +2568,9 @@ class JobTemplateLabelList(DeleteLastUnattachLabelMixin, SubListCreateAttachDeta
                 request.data['id'] = existing.id
                 del request.data['name']
                 del request.data['organization']
+        if Label.objects.filter(unifiedjobtemplate_labels=self.kwargs['pk']).count() > 100:
+            return Response(dict(msg=_('Maximum labels limit for a job template reached.')),
+                            status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
         return super(JobTemplateLabelList, self).post(request, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
diff --git a/awx/main/access.py b/awx/main/access.py
index 97d3131bb5..5adb4649ed 100644
--- a/awx/main/access.py
+++ b/awx/main/access.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import logging
 
 # Django
 from django.conf import settings
-from django.db.models import Q
+from django.db.models import Q, Prefetch
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
@@ -1868,6 +1868,7 @@ class UnifiedJobTemplateAccess(BaseAccess):
         qs = qs.prefetch_related(
             'last_job',
             'current_job',
+            Prefetch('labels', queryset=Label.objects.all().order_by('name'))
         )
 
         # WISH - sure would be nice if the following worked, but it does not.