diff --git a/wp-includes/comment.php b/wp-includes/comment.php
index 60692106b1..49a39fd989 100644
--- a/wp-includes/comment.php
+++ b/wp-includes/comment.php
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ function get_page_of_comment( $comment_ID, $args = array() ) {
 	$comtypewhere = ( 'all' != $args['type'] && isset($allowedtypes[$args['type']]) ) ? " AND comment_type = '" . $allowedtypes[$args['type']] . "'" : '';
 
 	// Count comments older than this one
-	$oldercoms = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(comment_ID) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d AND comment_parent = 0 AND comment_date_gmt < '%s'" . $comtypewhere, $comment->comment_post_ID, $comment->comment_date_gmt ) );
+	$oldercoms = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(comment_ID) FROM $wpdb->comments WHERE comment_post_ID = %d AND comment_parent = 0 AND comment_approved = '1' AND comment_date_gmt < '%s'" . $comtypewhere, $comment->comment_post_ID, $comment->comment_date_gmt ) );
 
 	// No older comments? Then it's page #1.
 	if ( 0 == $oldercoms )