diff --git a/administrator/components/com_finder/helpers/indexer/indexer.php b/administrator/components/com_finder/helpers/indexer/indexer.php
index d532d54cf9ae3..34af6698cf5a6 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_finder/helpers/indexer/indexer.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_finder/helpers/indexer/indexer.php
@@ -307,8 +307,10 @@ public function remove($linkId)
 			// Update the link counts for the terms.
 			$query->clear()
 				->update($db->quoteName('#__finder_terms', 't'))
-				->join('INNER', $db->quoteName('#__finder_links_terms' . dechex($i), 'm') . ' ON m.term_id = t.term_id')
-				->set('t.links = t.links - 1')
+				->join('INNER', $db->quoteName('#__finder_links_terms' . dechex($i), 'm') .
+					' ON ' . $db->quoteName('m.term_id') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('t.term_id')
+				)
+				->set($db->quoteName('links') . ' = ' . $db->quoteName('links') . ' - 1')
 				->where($db->quoteName('m.link_id') . ' = ' . (int) $linkId);
 			$db->setQuery($query)->execute();