diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php
index 6df4993a0f5c7..fd7e6089cbb91 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-navigation-fallback.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ private static function get_most_recently_published_navigation() {
 
 		$navigation_post = new WP_Query( $parsed_args );
 
-		if ( count( $navigation_post->posts ) > 0 ) {
+		if ( $navigation_post->found_posts > 0 ) {
 			return $navigation_post->posts[0];
 		}