diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
index fdaa733abe..1852e203ea 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/list-tables.css
@@ -117,6 +117,11 @@
 	text-align: center;
 }
 
+.column-response .post-com-count-no-pending,
+.column-comments .post-com-count-no-pending {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 /* comments */
 
 .commentlist li {
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
index d67b24ce6d..5d1edecfbc 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-list-table.php
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class WP_List_Table {
 				$pending_phrase
 			);
 		} else {
-			printf( '<span class="post-com-count post-com-count-pending"><span class="comment-count comment-count-no-pending" aria-hidden="true">%s</span><span class="screen-reader-text">%s</span></span>',
+			printf( '<span class="post-com-count post-com-count-pending post-com-count-no-pending"><span class="comment-count comment-count-no-pending" aria-hidden="true">%s</span><span class="screen-reader-text">%s</span></span>',
 				$pending_comments_number,
 				$approved_comments ? __( 'No pending comments' ) : __( 'No comments' )
 			);
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js b/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
index 953f934534..8288016976 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
+++ b/src/wp-admin/js/edit-comments.js
@@ -138,12 +138,12 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 	updatePending = function( diff, commentPostId ) {
 		var postSelector = '.post-com-count-' + commentPostId,
 			noClass = 'comment-count-no-pending',
+			noParentClass = 'post-com-count-no-pending',
 			pendingClass = 'comment-count-pending',
-			counts = $( 'span.pending-count' ),
 			pending,
 			noPending;
 
-		counts.each(function() {
+		$( 'span.pending-count' ).each(function() {
 			var a = $(this), n = getCount(a) + diff;
 			if ( n < 1 )
 				n = 0;
@@ -165,7 +165,11 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 				n = 0;
 
 			if ( 0 === n ) {
+				a.parent().addClass( noParentClass );
 				a.removeClass( pendingClass ).addClass( noClass );
+			} else {
+				a.parent().removeClass( noParentClass );
+				a.addClass( pendingClass ).removeClass( noClass );
 			}
 			updateCount( a, n );
 		});
@@ -173,7 +177,11 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 		noPending.each(function() {
 			var a = $(this);
 			if ( diff > 0 ) {
+				a.parent().removeClass( noParentClass );
 				a.removeClass( noClass ).addClass( pendingClass );
+			} else {
+				a.parent().addClass( noParentClass );
+				a.addClass( noClass ).removeClass( pendingClass );
 			}
 			updateCount( a, diff );
 		});
@@ -203,6 +211,8 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 
 			if ( 0 === n ) {
 				a.removeClass( approvedClass ).addClass( noClass );
+			} else {
+				a.addClass( approvedClass ).removeClass( noClass );
 			}
 			updateCount( a, n );
 		});
@@ -211,6 +221,8 @@ setCommentsList = function() {
 			var a = $(this);
 			if ( diff > 0 ) {
 				a.removeClass( noClass ).addClass( approvedClass );
+			} else {
+				a.addClass( noClass ).removeClass( approvedClass );
 			}
 			updateCount( a, diff );
 		});