diff --git a/wp-includes/version.php b/wp-includes/version.php
index e49aadf12b..c414c91cfe 100644
--- a/wp-includes/version.php
+++ b/wp-includes/version.php
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  *
  * @global string $wp_version
  */
-$wp_version = '5.9-alpha-52194';
+$wp_version = '5.9-alpha-52195';
 
 /**
  * Holds the WordPress DB revision, increments when changes are made to the WordPress DB schema.
diff --git a/wp-includes/wp-db.php b/wp-includes/wp-db.php
index 57c3bd76f6..0f54405185 100644
--- a/wp-includes/wp-db.php
+++ b/wp-includes/wp-db.php
@@ -1247,12 +1247,11 @@ class wpdb {
 			}
 		} else {
 			$class = get_class( $this );
-			if ( function_exists( '__' ) ) {
-				/* translators: %s: Database access abstraction class, usually wpdb or a class extending wpdb. */
-				_doing_it_wrong( $class, sprintf( __( '%s must set a database connection for use with escaping.' ), $class ), '3.6.0' );
-			} else {
-				_doing_it_wrong( $class, sprintf( '%s must set a database connection for use with escaping.', $class ), '3.6.0' );
-			}
+
+			wp_load_translations_early();
+			/* translators: %s: Database access abstraction class, usually wpdb or a class extending wpdb. */
+			_doing_it_wrong( $class, sprintf( __( '%s must set a database connection for use with escaping.' ), $class ), '3.6.0' );
+
 			$escaped = addslashes( $string );
 		}