diff --git a/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php b/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
index 523422e7df..0bee2474e0 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/comment-template.php
@@ -1323,10 +1323,13 @@ function comments_template( $file = '/comments.php', $separate_comments = false
 				'count'   => true,
 				'orderby' => false,
 				'post_id' => $post->ID,
-				'parent'  => 0,
 				'status'  => 'approve',
 			);
 
+			if ( $comment_args['hierarchical'] ) {
+				$top_level_args['parent'] = 0;
+			}
+
 			if ( isset( $comment_args['include_unapproved'] ) ) {
 				$top_level_args['include_unapproved'] = $comment_args['include_unapproved'];
 			}
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/commentsTemplate.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/commentsTemplate.php
index 3c4ddd368b..c26a88b0b2 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/commentsTemplate.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/comment/commentsTemplate.php
@@ -728,4 +728,47 @@ class Tests_Comment_CommentsTemplate extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		$found_cids = array_map( 'intval', $matches[1] );
 		$this->assertSame( array( $comment_2, $comment_3, $comment_1 ), $found_cids );
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @ticket 35419
+	 */
+	public function test_pagination_calculation_should_ignore_comment_hierarchy_when_threading_is_disabled() {
+		$now = time();
+		$p = self::factory()->post->create();
+		$comment_1 = self::factory()->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_post_ID' => $p,
+			'comment_content' => '1',
+			'comment_approved' => '1',
+			'comment_date_gmt' => date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $now - 300 ),
+		) );
+		$comment_2 = self::factory()->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_post_ID' => $p,
+			'comment_content' => '2',
+			'comment_approved' => '1',
+			'comment_date_gmt' => date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $now - 200 ),
+		) );
+		$comment_3 = self::factory()->comment->create( array(
+			'comment_post_ID' => $p,
+			'comment_content' => '3',
+			'comment_approved' => '1',
+			'comment_parent' => $comment_1,
+			'comment_date_gmt' => date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $now - 100 ),
+		) );
+
+		update_option( 'thread_comments', 0 );
+
+		update_option( 'comment_order', 'asc' );
+		update_option( 'comments_per_page', 2 );
+		update_option( 'page_comments', 1 );
+		update_option( 'default_comments_page', 'newest' );
+
+		$this->go_to( get_permalink( $p ) );
+		$found = get_echo( 'comments_template' );
+
+		// Find the found comments in the markup.
+		preg_match_all( '|id="comment-([0-9]+)|', $found, $matches );
+
+		$found_cids = array_map( 'intval', $matches[1] );
+		$this->assertSame( array( $comment_3 ), $found_cids );
+	}
 }