diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php
index 9aa073ceacb85..d15116bd50fc9 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Model/ResourceModel/Category/Collection.php
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ private function getCountFromCategoryTableBulk(
                 []
             )
             ->where('ce.entity_id IN (?)', $categoryIds);
-
         $connection->query(
             $connection->insertFromSelect(
                 $selectDescendants,
@@ -420,6 +419,15 @@ private function getCountFromCategoryTableBulk(
                 ['category_id', 'descendant_id']
             )
         );
+        foreach ($categoryIds as $catId) {
+            $connection->insert(
+                $tempTableName,
+                [
+                    'category_id' => $catId,
+                    'descendant_id' => $catId
+                ]
+            );
+        }
         $select = $connection->select()
             ->from(
                 ['t' => $tempTableName],
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Helper/CategoryTestHelper.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Helper/CategoryTestHelper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..08743b3959893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Helper/CategoryTestHelper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Copyright 2025 Adobe
+ * All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Magento\Catalog\Test\Unit\Helper;
+
+use Magento\Catalog\Model\Category;
+
+/**
+ * Test helper class for Catalog Category with custom methods
+ *
+ * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.ExcessiveClassComplexity)
+ * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.ExcessivePublicCount)
+ */
+class CategoryTestHelper extends Category
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Get is anchor
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function getIsAnchor(): bool
+    {
+        return $this->getData('is_anchor');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ResourceModel/Category/CollectionTest.php b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ResourceModel/Category/CollectionTest.php
index f29bfedc48511..d70704871e469 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ResourceModel/Category/CollectionTest.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Catalog/Test/Unit/Model/ResourceModel/Category/CollectionTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 namespace Magento\Catalog\Test\Unit\Model\ResourceModel\Category;
 
 use Magento\Catalog\Model\Category;
+use Magento\Catalog\Test\Unit\Helper\CategoryTestHelper;
 use Magento\Framework\Data\Collection\EntityFactory;
 use Magento\Store\Model\Store;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
@@ -229,11 +230,7 @@ public function testLoadProductCountCallsBulkMethodForLargeCategoryCount()
         $items = [];
         $categoryIds = [];
         for ($i = 1; $i <= $categoryCount; $i++) {
-            $category = $this->getMockBuilder(Category::class)
-                ->addMethods(['getIsAnchor'])
-                ->onlyMethods(['getId', 'setProductCount'])
-                ->disableOriginalConstructor()
-                ->getMock();
+            $category = $this->createMock(CategoryTestHelper::class);
             $category->method('getId')->willReturn($i);
             $category->method('getIsAnchor')->willReturn(true);
             $category->expects($this->once())->method('setProductCount')->with(5);
@@ -265,6 +262,26 @@ public function testLoadProductCountCallsBulkMethodForLargeCategoryCount()
         $this->connection->method('select')->willReturn($this->select);
         $this->connection->method('insertFromSelect')->willReturn('INSERT QUERY');
         $this->connection->method('query')->with('INSERT QUERY')->willReturnSelf();
+        $withs = [];
+        foreach ($categoryIds as $categoryId) {
+            $withs[] = [
+                'category_id'   => $categoryId,
+                'descendant_id' => $categoryId
+            ];
+        }
+        $callIndex = 0;
+        $this->connection
+            ->expects($this->exactly(count($categoryIds)))
+            ->method('insert')
+            ->with(
+                $this->stringContains('temp_category_descendants_'),
+                $this->callback(function($args) use (&$callIndex, $withs) {
+                    $expected = $withs[$callIndex];
+                    $valid = $args === $expected;
+                    $callIndex++;
+                    return $valid;
+                })
+            );
         $this->select->method('from')->willReturnSelf();
         $this->select->method('joinLeft')->willReturnSelf();
         $this->select->method('join')->willReturnSelf();