diff --git a/src/wp-includes/functions.php b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
index 537425d8981ab..3d0412630e1ca 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/functions.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/functions.php
@@ -1756,7 +1756,8 @@ function is_blog_installed() {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! $wpdb->get_results( "DESCRIBE $table;" ) ) {
+		$described_table = $wpdb->get_results( "DESCRIBE $table;" );
+		if ( is_array( $described_table ) && count( $described_table ) === 0 ) {
 			continue;
 		}