diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
index 6dfd67d466..dffd70ca9b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class WP_Comments_List_Table extends WP_List_Table {
 
 			$output = ob_get_clean();
 
-			if ( ! empty( $output ) && $has_items ) {
+			if ( ! empty( $output ) && $this->has_items() ) {
 				echo $output;
 				submit_button( __( 'Filter' ), '', 'filter_action', false, array( 'id' => 'post-query-submit' ) );
 			}