diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 46a25274dd..63c3c844c1 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -2551,6 +2551,9 @@ function wp_delete_term( $term, $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
 		do_action( 'edited_term_taxonomies', $edit_tt_ids );
 	}
 
+	// Get the term before deleting it or its term relationships so we can pass to actions below.
+	$deleted_term = get_term( $term, $taxonomy );
+
 	$objects = $wpdb->get_col( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT object_id FROM $wpdb->term_relationships WHERE term_taxonomy_id = %d", $tt_id ) );
 
 	foreach ( (array) $objects as $object ) {
@@ -2571,9 +2574,6 @@ function wp_delete_term( $term, $taxonomy, $args = array() ) {
 	foreach ( $tax_object->object_type as $object_type )
 		clean_object_term_cache( $objects, $object_type );
 
-	// Get the object before deletion so we can pass to actions below
-	$deleted_term = get_term( $term, $taxonomy );
-
 	/**
 	 * Fires immediately before a term taxonomy ID is deleted.
 	 *
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/term/wpDeleteTerm.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/wpDeleteTerm.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..064528f281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/term/wpDeleteTerm.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group taxonomy
+ */
+class Tests_Term_WpDeleteTerm extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	protected $deleted_term;
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 33485
+	 */
+	public function test_count_property_passed_to_filters_should_reflect_pre_deleted_term() {
+		register_taxonomy( 'wptests_tax', 'post' );
+
+		$terms = $this->factory->term->create_many( 2, array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
+		) );
+
+		$p = $this->factory->post->create();
+
+		wp_set_object_terms( $p, array( $terms[0] ), 'wptests_tax' );
+
+		add_action( 'delete_term', array( $this, 'catch_deleted_term' ), 10, 4 );
+
+		wp_delete_term( $terms[0], 'wptests_tax' );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $this->deleted_term->count );
+
+		wp_delete_term( $terms[1], 'wptests_tax' );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $this->deleted_term->count );
+	}
+
+	public function catch_deleted_term( $term_id, $tt_id, $taxonomy, $deleted_term ) {
+		$this->deleted_term = $deleted_term;
+	}
+}