diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
index 0692f6b833..8de369c2db 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy-functions.php
@@ -4391,7 +4391,7 @@ function is_object_in_term( $object_id, $taxonomy, $terms = null ) {
 
 	$object_terms = get_object_term_cache( $object_id, $taxonomy );
 	if ( false === $object_terms )
-		 $object_terms = wp_get_object_terms( $object_id, $taxonomy );
+		 $object_terms = wp_get_object_terms( $object_id, $taxonomy, array( 'update_term_meta_cache' => false ) );
 
 	if ( is_wp_error( $object_terms ) )
 		return $object_terms;