diff --git a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Domain/Model/DeletedRecords.php b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Domain/Model/DeletedRecords.php
index df7a64836400179e8b8fb2714a2b8ab3ca683192..68b889b848ee727458f743cc8eaa81e2565b9843 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Domain/Model/DeletedRecords.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/recycler/Classes/Domain/Model/DeletedRecords.php
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class DeletedRecords
         $deletedRecords = $this->loadData($id, $table, $depth, '', $filter)->getDeletedRows();
         $countTotal = 0;
         foreach ($this->table as $tableName) {
-            $countTotal += count($deletedRecords[$tableName]);
+            $countTotal += count($deletedRecords[$tableName] ?? []);
         }
         return $countTotal;
     }