diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php
index 53110cb459..0897d3fcb3 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-media-list-table.php
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
  */
 class WP_Media_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 	/**
-	 * Store the pending comment count for each post
+	 * Holds the number of pending comments for each post.
 	 *
-	 * @access public
 	 * @since 4.4.0
 	 * @var array
+	 * @access protected
 	 */
-	public $pending_count = array();
+	protected $comment_pending_count = array();
 
 	private $detached;
 
@@ -505,8 +505,8 @@ class WP_Media_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 	public function column_comments( $post ) {
 		echo '<div class="post-com-count-wrapper">';
 
-		if ( isset( $this->pending_count[ $post->ID ] ) ) {
-			$pending_comments = $this->pending_count[ $post->ID ];
+		if ( isset( $this->comment_pending_count[ $post->ID ] ) ) {
+			$pending_comments = $this->comment_pending_count[ $post->ID ];
 		} else {
 			$pending_comments = get_pending_comments_num( $post->ID );
 		}
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ class WP_Media_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 		$post_ids = wp_list_pluck( $wp_query->posts, 'ID' );
 		reset( $wp_query->posts );
 
-		$this->pending_count = get_pending_comments_num( $post_ids );
+		$this->comment_pending_count = get_pending_comments_num( $post_ids );
 
 		add_filter( 'the_title','esc_html' );