diff --git a/src/User/User.php b/src/User/User.php
index 3fc2f21106..45c248059f 100644
--- a/src/User/User.php
+++ b/src/User/User.php
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ public static function getNotificationPreferenceKey($type, $method)
      */
     public function refreshCommentCount()
     {
-        $this->comment_count = $this->posts()->count();
+        $this->comment_count = $this->posts()->where('type', 'comment')->count();
 
         return $this;
     }