diff --git a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
index 17cd0b8fe4..97122037c3 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/taxonomy.php
@@ -3990,7 +3990,7 @@ function _prime_term_caches( $term_ids, $update_meta_cache = true ) {
 	if ( ! empty( $non_cached_ids ) ) {
 		$fresh_terms = $wpdb->get_results( sprintf( "SELECT t.*, tt.* FROM $wpdb->terms AS t INNER JOIN $wpdb->term_taxonomy AS tt ON t.term_id = tt.term_id WHERE t.term_id IN (%s)", implode( ',', array_map( 'intval', $non_cached_ids ) ) ) );
 
-		update_term_cache( $fresh_terms, $update_meta_cache );
+		update_term_cache( $fresh_terms );
 
 		if ( $update_meta_cache ) {
 			update_termmeta_cache( $non_cached_ids );