diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index 5a783e38fb..f113e523a2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 			$this->display_rows();
 		} else {
 			list( $columns, $hidden ) = $this->get_column_info();
-			echo '<tr class="no-items"><td class="colspanchange" colspan="' . ( count( $columns ) - count( array_filter( $hidden ) ) ) . '">';
+			echo '<tr class="no-items"><td class="colspanchange" colspan="' . $this->get_column_count() . '">';
 			$this->no_items();
 			echo '</td></tr>';
 		}
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-terms-list-table.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-terms-list-table.php
index 14443bf6ac..ac4d963c56 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-terms-list-table.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-terms-list-table.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class WP_Terms_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 
 		if ( empty( $terms ) ) {
 			list( $columns, $hidden ) = $this->get_column_info();
-			echo '<tr class="no-items"><td class="colspanchange" colspan="' . ( count( $columns ) - count( array_filter( $hidden ) ) ) . '">';
+			echo '<tr class="no-items"><td class="colspanchange" colspan="' . $this->get_column_count() . '">';
 			$this->no_items();
 			echo '</td></tr>';
 		} else {