diff --git a/wp-includes/class-wp-term.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-term.php
index 7c17130120..f170dcf3b5 100644
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-term.php
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-term.php
@@ -139,7 +139,10 @@ final class WP_Term {
 			wp_cache_add( $term_id, $_term, 'terms' );
 		}
 
-		return new WP_Term( $_term );
+		$term_obj = new WP_Term( $_term );
+		$term_obj->filter( $term_obj->filter );
+
+		return $term_obj;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -165,11 +168,6 @@ final class WP_Term {
 	 * @param string $filter Filter context. Accepts 'edit', 'db', 'display', 'attribute', 'js', 'raw'.
 	 */
 	public function filter( $filter ) {
-		// Term has already been filtered - nothing more to do.
-		if ( isset( $this->filter ) && $this->filter === $filter ) {
-			return;
-		}
-
 		sanitize_term( $this, $this->taxonomy, $filter );
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index 0562d9c914..bddd3ce602 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-35030';
+$wp_version = '4.4-alpha-35031';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.