diff --git a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
index c3782441e6..77c0d4532a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/category-template.php
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function get_category_link( $category ) {
 		$category = (int) $category;
 	}
 
-	$category = get_term_link( $category, 'category' );
+	$category = get_term_link( $category );
 
 	if ( is_wp_error( $category ) ) {
 		return '';
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/category/getCategoryLink.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/category/getCategoryLink.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49115ac608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/category/getCategoryLink.php
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @group taxonomy
+ * @covers ::get_category_link
+ */
+class Tests_Category_GetCategoryLink extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+	public function test_success() {
+		$c = self::factory()->category->create();
+
+		$found = get_category_link( $c );
+		$expected = home_url( '?cat=' . $c );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, $found );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 42771
+	 */
+	public function test_should_return_link_for_term_from_another_category_on_primed_cache() {
+		register_taxonomy( 'wptests_tax', 'post' );
+
+		$t = self::factory()->term->create( array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
+			'slug'     => 'test-term',
+		) );
+
+		$term = get_term( $t );
+
+		$found = get_category_link( $t );
+		$expected = home_url( '?wptests_tax=test-term' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, $found );
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 42771
+	 */
+	public function test_should_return_link_for_term_from_another_category_on_empty_cache() {
+		register_taxonomy( 'wptests_tax', 'post' );
+
+		$t = self::factory()->term->create( array(
+			'taxonomy' => 'wptests_tax',
+			'slug'     => 'test-term',
+		) );
+
+		clean_term_cache( $t );
+
+		$found = get_category_link( $t );
+		$expected = home_url( '?wptests_tax=test-term' );
+
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, $found );
+	}
+}