diff --git a/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py b/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
index 1c2f09a93..9c90e5ce5 100644
--- a/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
+++ b/app/notify_client/service_api_client.py
@@ -42,9 +42,20 @@ class ServiceAPIClient(NotifyAdminAPIClient):
         return self.get('/service/{0}'.format(service_id))
 
     def get_service_statistics(self, service_id, today_only, limit_days=None):
-        return self.get('/service/{0}/statistics'.format(service_id), params={
-            'today_only': today_only, 'limit_days': limit_days
-        })['data']
+        # FIXME: The statistics request is taking more than 30s on some accounts,
+        # so return an empty set of statistics for the upload check page.
+        # We still do the request for when `today_only=False` so that reporting
+        # pages in the admin are still showing the correct values for other services.
+        if today_only:
+            return {
+                'email': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
+                'sms': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0},
+                'letter': {'requested': 0, 'delivered': 0, 'failed': 0}
+            }
+        else:
+            return self.get('/service/{0}/statistics'.format(service_id), params={
+                'today_only': today_only, 'limit_days': limit_days
+            })['data']
 
     def get_services(self, params_dict=None):
         """
diff --git a/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py b/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py
index 854e28821..ddaea8ed9 100644
--- a/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py
+++ b/tests/app/notify_client/test_service_api_client.py
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ def test_client_gets_service(mocker):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize('today_only, limit_days', [
-    (True, None),
     (False, None),
     (False, 30),
+    pytest.param(True, None, marks=pytest.mark.xfail(raises=AssertionError)),
 ])
 def test_client_gets_service_statistics(mocker, today_only, limit_days):
     client = ServiceAPIClient()