diff --git a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 6d627591e7..d403435436 100644
--- a/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -2855,8 +2855,10 @@ function _update_post_term_count( $terms, $taxonomy ) {
 		// Attachments can be 'inherit' status, we need to base count off the parent's staus if so
 		if ( in_array( 'attachment', $object_types ) )
 			$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->term_relationships, $wpdb->posts p1 WHERE p1.ID = $wpdb->term_relationships.object_id AND ( post_status = 'publish' OR ( post_status = 'inherit' AND post_parent > 0 AND ( SELECT post_status FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE ID = p1.post_parent ) = 'publish' ) ) AND post_type IN ('" . implode("', '", $object_types) . "') AND term_taxonomy_id = %d", $term ) );
-		else
+		elseif ( post_type_exists( $object_type ) )
 			$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->term_relationships, $wpdb->posts WHERE $wpdb->posts.ID = $wpdb->term_relationships.object_id AND post_status = 'publish' AND post_type IN ('" . implode("', '", $object_types) . "') AND term_taxonomy_id = %d", $term ) );
+		else
+			$count = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM $wpdb->term_relationships WHERE term_taxonomy_id = %d", $term ) );
 
 		do_action( 'edit_term_taxonomy', $term, $taxonomy );
 		$wpdb->update( $wpdb->term_taxonomy, compact( 'count' ), array( 'term_taxonomy_id' => $term ) );