diff --git a/src/wp-includes/link-template.php b/src/wp-includes/link-template.php
index dde12c16168be..37e8684bf0d8e 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/link-template.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/link-template.php
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@ function get_edit_term_link( $term, $taxonomy = '', $object_type = '' ) {
 	}
 
 	$args = array(
-		'taxonomy' => $taxonomy,
+		'taxonomy' => $tax->name,
 		'tag_ID'   => $term_id,
 	);
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getEditTermLink.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getEditTermLink.php
index d0303f1b1a403..e86cd78449f3d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getEditTermLink.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/link/getEditTermLink.php
@@ -236,4 +236,17 @@ public function data_get_edit_term_link() {
 			),
 		);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks that `get_edit_term_link()` produces the correct URL when called without taxonomy.
+	 *
+	 * @ticket 61726
+	 */
+	public function test_get_edit_term_link_without_taxonomy() {
+		$term = $this->get_term( 'wptests_tax', true );
+
+		$actual   = get_edit_term_link( $term );
+		$expected = sprintf( admin_url( 'term.php?taxonomy=wptests_tax&tag_ID=%d&post_type=post' ), $term );
+		$this->assertSame( $expected, $actual );
+	}
 }