diff --git a/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php b/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php
index 05de21e0ba..e955b00b20 100644
--- a/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php
+++ b/LibreNMS/Alert/RunAlerts.php
@@ -391,6 +391,11 @@ class RunAlerts
                 $rextra['recovery'] = true;
             }
 
+            if (! isset($alert['details']['count'])) {
+                // make sure count is set for below code, in legacy code null would get type juggled to 0
+                $alert['details']['count'] = 0;
+            }
+
             $chk = dbFetchRow('SELECT alerts.alerted,devices.ignore,devices.disabled FROM alerts,devices WHERE alerts.device_id = ? && devices.device_id = alerts.device_id && alerts.rule_id = ?', [$alert['device_id'], $alert['rule_id']]);
 
             if ($chk['alerted'] == $alert['state']) {
@@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ class RunAlerts
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (in_array($alert['state'], [AlertState::ACTIVE, AlertState::WORSE, AlertState::BETTER]) && ! empty($rextra['count']) && isset($alert['details']['count']) && ($rextra['count'] == -1 || $alert['details']['count']++ < $rextra['count'])) {
+                if (in_array($alert['state'], [AlertState::ACTIVE, AlertState::WORSE, AlertState::BETTER]) && ! empty($rextra['count']) && ($rextra['count'] == -1 || $alert['details']['count']++ < $rextra['count'])) {
                     if ($alert['details']['count'] < $rextra['count']) {
                         $noacc = true;
                     }