diff -u a/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php b/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php
--- a/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php	2023-05-21 18:02:11.946955697 +0300
+++ b/wp-includes/class-wp-comment-query.php	2023-05-21 18:03:18.091752587 +0300
@@ -959,7 +959,8 @@
 		$this->sql_clauses['select']  = "SELECT $found_rows $fields";
 		$this->sql_clauses['from']    = "FROM $wpdb->comments $join";
 		$this->sql_clauses['groupby'] = $groupby;
-		$this->sql_clauses['orderby'] = $orderby;
+		if ( !$this->query_vars['count'] )
+			$this->sql_clauses['orderby'] = $orderby;
 		$this->sql_clauses['limits']  = $limits;
 
 		$this->request = "