diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
index fbbd402628..26a6bf9b23 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/ajax-actions.php
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ function _wp_ajax_delete_comment_response( $comment_id, $delta = -1 ) {
 	// Only do the expensive stuff on a page-break, and about 1 other time per page
 	if ( 0 == $total % $per_page || 1 == mt_rand( 1, $per_page ) ) {
 		$post_id = 0;
-		$status = 'total_comments'; // What type of comment count are we looking for?
+		// What type of comment count are we looking for?
+		$status = 'all';
 		$parsed = parse_url( $url );
 		if ( isset( $parsed['query'] ) ) {
 			parse_str( $parsed['query'], $query_vars );
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
index 4b680c8194..7635975267 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
@@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ function get_comment_count( $post_id = 0 ) {
 		'trash'               => 0,
 		'post-trashed'        => 0,
 		'total_comments'      => 0,
+		'all'                 => 0,
 	);
 
 	foreach ( $totals as $row ) {
@@ -379,10 +380,12 @@ function get_comment_count( $post_id = 0 ) {
 			case '1':
 				$comment_count['approved'] = $row['total'];
 				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
+				$comment_count['all'] += $row['total'];
 				break;
 			case '0':
 				$comment_count['awaiting_moderation'] = $row['total'];
 				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
+				$comment_count['all'] += $row['total'];
 				break;
 			default:
 				break;
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/wpCountComments.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/wpCountComments.php
index 5017a6abb6..d35bb26f2d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/wpCountComments.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/wpCountComments.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->all );
 	}
 
 	public function test_wp_count_comments_approved() {
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->all );
 	}
 
 	public function test_wp_count_comments_awaiting() {
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->all );
 	}
 
 	public function test_wp_count_comments_spam() {
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->all );
 	}
 
 	public function test_wp_count_comments_trash() {
@@ -71,6 +75,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->all );
 	}
 
 	public function test_wp_count_comments_post_trashed() {
@@ -86,6 +91,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count->all );
 	}
 
 	public function test_wp_count_comments_cache() {
@@ -105,6 +111,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count1->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count1->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count1->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count1->all );
 
 		$all_count1 = wp_count_comments();
 
@@ -114,6 +121,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count1->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count1->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $all_count1->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $all_count1->all );
 
 		wp_spam_comment( $comment_id );
 
@@ -125,6 +133,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count2->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count2->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count2->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count2->all );
 
 		$all_count2 = wp_count_comments();
 
@@ -134,6 +143,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count2->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count2->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $all_count2->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count2->all );
 
 		wp_trash_comment( $comment_id );
 
@@ -145,6 +155,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count3->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count3->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count3->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count3->all );
 
 		$all_count3 = wp_count_comments();
 
@@ -154,6 +165,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $all_count3->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count3->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count3->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count3->all );
 
 		wp_untrash_comment( $comment_id );
 
@@ -165,6 +177,7 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count4->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count4->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count4->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count4->all );
 
 		$all_count4 = wp_count_comments();
 
@@ -174,5 +187,6 @@ class Tests_WP_Count_Comments extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count4->trash );
 		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count4->{'post-trashed'} );
 		$this->assertEquals( 1, $all_count4->total_comments );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $all_count4->all );
 	}
 }