diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
index 48dd6a4cd2..329244d4a6 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ if ( $doaction ) {
 	$redirect_to = remove_query_arg( array( 'trashed', 'untrashed', 'deleted', 'spammed', 'unspammed', 'approved', 'unapproved', 'ids' ), wp_get_referer() );
 	$redirect_to = add_query_arg( 'paged', $pagenum, $redirect_to );
 
+	wp_defer_comment_counting( true );
+
 	foreach ( $comment_ids as $comment_id ) { // Check the permissions on each
 		if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_comment', $comment_id ) )
 			continue;
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ if ( $doaction ) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	wp_defer_comment_counting( false );
+
 	if ( $approved )
 		$redirect_to = add_query_arg( 'approved', $approved, $redirect_to );
 	if ( $unapproved )
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 3aae69f693..8013f79c6d 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34131';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-34132';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.