diff --git a/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
index 26d66cd2fa..930d1897f7 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/comment-functions.php
@@ -375,11 +375,11 @@ function get_comment_count( $post_id = 0 ) {
 				$comment_count['spam'] = $row['total'];
 				$comment_count["total_comments"] += $row['total'];
 				break;
-			case 1:
+			case '1':
 				$comment_count['approved'] = $row['total'];
 				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
 				break;
-			case 0:
+			case '0':
 				$comment_count['awaiting_moderation'] = $row['total'];
 				$comment_count['total_comments'] += $row['total'];
 				break;
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/getCommentCount.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/getCommentCount.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fa78784f06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/getCommentCount.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+
+class Tests_Get_Comment_Count extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+
+	public function test_get_comment_count() {
+		$count = get_comment_count();
+
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['approved'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['awaiting_moderation'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['spam'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['total_comments'] );
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_comment_count_approved() {
+		$this->factory->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_approved' => 1
+		) );
+
+		$count = get_comment_count();
+
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count['approved'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['awaiting_moderation'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['spam'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count['total_comments'] );
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_comment_count_awaiting() {
+		$this->factory->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_approved' => 0
+		) );
+
+		$count = get_comment_count();
+
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['approved'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count['awaiting_moderation'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['spam'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count['total_comments'] );
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_comment_count_spam() {
+		$this->factory->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_approved' => 'spam'
+		) );
+
+		$count = get_comment_count();
+
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['approved'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['awaiting_moderation'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count['spam'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 1, $count['total_comments'] );
+	}
+
+	public function test_get_comment_count_trash() {
+		$this->factory->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_approved' => 'trash'
+		) );
+
+		$count = get_comment_count();
+
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['approved'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['awaiting_moderation'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['spam'] );
+		$this->assertEquals( 0, $count['total_comments'] );
+	}
+}