Index: src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php
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--- src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php	(revision 48687)
+++ src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-comments-list-table.php	(working copy)
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
 
 			$output = ob_get_clean();
 
-			if ( ! empty( $output ) && $this->has_items() ) {
+			if ( ! isset( $has_items ) ) {
 				echo $output;
 				submit_button( esc_html__( 'Filter' ), '', 'filter_action', false, array( 'id' => 'post-query-submit' ) );
 			}